Wichita Transit to purchase 10 new buses

Wichita Transit is continuing its upgrade of the city’s bus fleet, with plans to purchase 10 more new buses.

The $3.94 million purchase will go before the Wichita City Council on Tuesday. It is part of a broader local plan to upgrade the fleet with the purchase of up to 75 buses over a 10-year period. The buses are slated for delivery in May 2014.

According to city documents, the 10 buses will be paid for with $3.27 million in federal funding and a local match of almost $700,000, the latter funded with general obligation bonds as part of the city’s 2014 capital improvements program.

The buses are being acquired at a discount from the Gillig Corporation, city documents indicate, by “piggybacking” off an existing 2013 bus contract between the company and the state of Minnesota.

This story was originally published April 19, 2013 at 9:09 AM with the headline "Wichita Transit to purchase 10 new buses."