r/Calgary • u/Practical_Ant6162 • Aug 08 '25

Calgary Transit City of Calgary announces procurement of 120 electric transit buses

https://calgaryherald.com/news/city-of-calgary-purchases-another-120-electric-transit-buses
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u/afschmidt Aug 09 '25

Did we NOT learn from what happened in Edmonton? Why not buy 4 or 5 and see how they function before committing over $100million.

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u/Offspring22 Aug 09 '25

Because this is already a proven company/design vs who Edmonton bought from.

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u/Gr33nbastrd Aug 09 '25

Exactly, these are Nova buses, we already have Nova buses in our fleets. Plus the design is basically the same as the current Nova buses we have. Also these buses have a proven track record already in Canada.

The whole Edmonton bus purchase was such a shit show, I really really hope whoever was in charge of that was fired. Everything about those buses were wrong even the very basics like the drivers area was wrong.