Have you ever wondered what happens to busses from the C-U Mass Transit District whenever they upgrade to new ones? Us, too, and thanks to a new blog post from C-U MTD, we now know.
To read the full post, check out MTD’s Medium page here, and check out an interesting tidbit below:
When the District receives new buses, the buses retired from the fleet face a variety of dispositions. CUMTD replaces buses in step with Federal Transit Administration (FTA) guidelines on vehicle service life and replacement. For a transit bus, the minimum service life according to the FTA is 12 years of service or 500,000 service miles. The buses CUMTD is currently retiring have each reached the 12-year mark, and have either exceeded or are nearing the 500,000 mile mark.
This year, CUMTD plans to retire 15 2003 New Flyer D40LF model buses, which have been a CUMTD workhorse since their delivery 14 years ago. 11 of these 15 vehicles have found a new home at Connect Transit in Bloomington-Normal, IL. Four more buses slated for replacement (0316, 0332, 0336, & 0337) will be salvaged for parts before being scrapped, helping keep CUMTD’s remaining 2003s in service until they too are retired.