by MTA | Nov 23, 2020 | Technology
It’s a great day for MTA’s Brand New Electric Buses. Presenting, Sparky, who runs on MTA’s brand new route, Second Street Corridor) on Macon-Bibb County’s brand new roadway. How exciting for MTA, Macon-Bibb mayor Robert Reichert (who envisioned...
by MTA | Nov 23, 2020 | Technology
Meet Bolt, whose route will vary, is on the Vineville route today. This is the day MTA has pointed toward for 3 years since learning we won a $1.75 million federal grant to purchase 2 gleaming new electric buses! Here’s an early morning photo of Bolt before his...
by MTA | Nov 23, 2020 | Technology
Here we go Macon — Monday morning, our long awaited electric buses, affectionately named Sparky & Bolt, hit the road! MTA has waited for this day for nearly four years. In 2017, MTA won a federal grant of $1.75 million, the only transit authority in the state of...
by MTA | Nov 23, 2020 | Technology
Get ready Macon — two more days & Sparky & Bolt are on the road in our city! Macon is the first transit authority in the state with electric buses on the roadways. Hartsfield-Jackson Airport and the University of Georgia have electric buses, but they operate...
by MTA | Nov 16, 2020 | Technology
Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority begins going green, welcomes first two electric buses. The buses were manufactured by BYD and introduced at an unveiling event Oct. 16.The “Sparky” bus is a K9S electric bus from BYD.The Macon-Bibb County Transit...
by MTA | Nov 16, 2020 | Technology
Committed to systematically replacing its aging fleet, MTA received four (4) new Eldorado Passport-HD low-floor cutaway buses this week. MTA CEO Craig Ross, notes, “Out of necessity, over the past two-and-a-half years we have replaced 19 buses.” Ross adds, “Macon-Bibb...
