Rogue Valley Transportation District - Bus Fleet

Bus Fleet

Fleet Statistics
Manufacturer Model Year Built Vehicle Length Fuel Type # in fleet
New Flyer C35LF 2006 35 feet CNG 2
New Flyer C35LF 2004 35 feet CNG 10
New Flyer D35lf 2010 35 feet Diesel 3
Gillig Phantom 1991 35 feet Diesel 2
GMC New Look 1981 35 feet Diesel 3

Rogue Valley Transportation District operates a fleet of 20 buses, 3 paratransit buses, as well as a myriad of paratransit vans. Roughly 65% of the current transit bus fleet is powered by cleaner-burning compressed natural gas (abbreviated CNG) engines. RVTD was among the first transportation districts in the state of Oregon to operate a majority CNG fleet, originally acquiring their first prototype buses, the Blue Bird Xcel from Blue Bird Corporation, in 1994.

Today RVTD has phased out the Blue Bird CNG vehicles in favor of the 35 foot natural gas coach manufactured by New Flyer Industries. These newer buses provide for greater fuel capacity of 3600 psi compared to their predecessors 3000 psi limit (allowing greater range on one fill-up), provide space for more passengers (65 seated and standees compared to 50 seated and standees), a low floor design with fully automated wheelchair ramp (compared to the partially automated wheelchair lift), easier passenger boarding and deboarding, as well as a more powerful engine.

In addition to their natural gas buses, the Rogue Valley Transportation District also operates diesel transit coaches in efforts to diversify their fuel usage. This has several key advantages including switching over to primarily diesel usage in the event of a natural gas price hike or vice versa. RVTD runs the diesel Newflyer coach and the Gillig Phantom transit bus exclusively, however that may change as future fleet acquisitions occur. Previously in district history the entire fleet consisted of the New Look with a blue, yellow, and white paint scheme but the coaches have since been phased out.

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