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	ontario
		Ontario, five times as large as France, covers some 412,579 square miles (1,068,580 square kilometers) and is bordered on the north by Hudson Bay; on the east by Québec; on the south by the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and the US state of Minnesota; and on the west by Manitoba.
		The populous regions of southern Ontario are divided into counties, regional municipalities, the Municipality of Metro Toronto, the District Municipality of Muskoka, and the Restructured County of Oxford.
		Ontario had over 3.95 million occupied private dwellings in 1996, when the province had 3.92 million private households, with an average size of 2.7 persons.
	cms.westport.k12.ct.us /cmslmc/foreignlanguages/canada/ontario.htm (6283 words)

	Orion Bus Industries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Orion Bus Industries is a Mississauga, Ontario, Canada-based bus manufacturer established by the government of Ontario in 1975.
		It was known as Ontario Bus Industries until 1995 and was created to produce buses for the province's transit agencies in the late 1970s.
		Orion Bus Industries was the first bus manufacturer to use compressed natural gas as an alternative fuel on the Orion I model in 1988 and it is also the first one to use on diesel hybrid electric on the Orion VI model, making them the leader of alternative fuels market.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orion_Bus_Industries (395 words)

	1001 Ontario Canada Information - proudly presented by Kanada News' Canada Vacation Planner The Online Travel Directory
		On the north Ontario borders to the Hudson Bay and James Bay, on the east to the province of Quebec, on the south to the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes, and on the west to the province of Manitoba.
		Ontario's other major cities are Hamilton in the south, London, and Windsor in the southwest; Kingston and Ottawa in the east; and Sudbury, Sault Ste.
		Ontario can be traveled year round, however the peak season is in the months of July and August.
	www.kanada-ontario.de /en/index.html (1787 words)

	Transit Toronto - Content: The Orion Buses
		Orion Bus Industries was incorporated in 1975 by the government of Ontario as Ontario Bus Industries.
		At the time, transit agencies in Ontario had 75% of their capital expenses paid for by the Ontario government, and all agencies were strongly encouraged to buy local.
		The first bus to go through the rebuild is 9408, one of the parts of the rebuild is the conversion of these buses to diesel using Cummins M11 engines.
	transit.toronto.on.ca /bus/8509.shtml (1289 words)

	Media Backgrounder: TOUGH NEW TRUCK, BUS EMISSIONS RULES TAKE EFFECT
		Ontario’s tough new emissions test standards for large diesel trucks and buses that come into force on April 1, 2004, will be the strictest in North America.
		Ontario’s emissions standards for heavy-duty diesel trucks and buses will be the strictest of them all.
		MOE is also consulting with partners and key stakeholders to develop an Ontario strategy to encourage heavy-duty truck and bus owners to limit the amount of time their vehicles are left idling.
	www.ene.gov.on.ca /envision/news/2004/033101mb.htm (573 words)

	Coachbult.com - Orion Bus Industries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The company was originally known as Ontario Bus Industries (OBI) and was owned by the province of Ontario.
		The Orion Model III was the Ikarus 286 articulated bus that was marketed and finished by OBI in the latter half of the 1980s.
		A 30-foot 35-passenger city transit bus with a Detroit Diesel engine and Allison fully automatic transmission, the Orion was introduced to fill the gap that opened when Flxible announced the discontinuance of its similar model in order to change over to its "advanced design" models in 1978.
	www.coachbuilt.com /bui/o/orion/orion.htm (821 words)

	Transit Toronto - Content: The Orion Ikarus Articulateds
		The 12 GM buses that were picked up as part of the articulated bus demonstration program were sold to Mississauta Transit in that year.
		The bus is powered by an engine located “mid ship”; that is to say, near the rear wheels of the front section.
		The rear section of the bus is an unpowered trailer.
	transit.toronto.on.ca /bus/8505.shtml (555 words)

	Academic Life - International Exchanges
		Pitzer in Ontario integrates extensive internship experiences in city, private, or non-profit organizations with interdisciplinary coursework that provides the theoretical framework from which social and urban issues can be effectively evaluated.
		Through living in Ontario, you have the opportunity to engage firsthand with the diversity of voices, perspectives, and agendas that are driving those demands.
		Examine three distinct representations of Ontario: the elite city, the middle class city, and the working poor city.
	www.pitzer.edu /academics/ilcenter/po_grant/pit_in_ontario/index.asp (567 words)

	EV AND HEV GUIDE
		The bus is equipped with an Allison Electric Drive, a hybrid electric drive powertrain that reduces emissions by 70 percent and saves fuel.
		In 1999, the bus will be updated with a fully integrated fast charge capability providing unlimited range.
		Thomas Built Buses, High Point, NC 336-889-4871, a school bus and commercial transit manufacturer, is producing a prototype 72-passenger school bus with a Delco Electronics Propulsion Systems drive and charging system.
	www.nesea.org /transportation/buses.html (491 words)

	Buses and Trolleys
		Electric and hybrid buses are not only cleaner and quieter, but in many cases the technology has enabled bus designers to create buses with low floors, which are much easier for people to get in and out of.
		The hybrid technology that runs this bus enables the AVS-22 to achieve distances that are very competitive with its diesel counterparts while maintaining its status as a ultra-low emission vehicle.
		Thomas Built Buses, High Point, NC, a school bus and commercial transit manufacturer, is producing a prototype 72-passenger school bus with a Delco Electronics Propulsion Systems drive and charging system.
	www.nesea.org /transportation/EV-buses.html (451 words)

	Pitzer College - Pitzer in Ontario
		Living in an apartment complex in Ontario throughout the semester allows you to participate fully in the community and apply a human face to the theories and issues presented in the core course.
		The apartments are located in South Ontario, an area with a high percentage of immigrant families from Latin America.
		Transportation to the Pitzer in Ontario Program House from the apartment complex can be made by public bus.
	www.pitzer.edu /academics/ilcenter/pog/pit_in_ontario/index.asp (722 words)

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		Fuel cost and bus range considerations were involved in the selection of the ratio." Fuel consumption above that ratio would make the bus too costly with respect to fuel use and so limit its range as to make it undesirable in revenue service.
		Ontario Bus Industries which had enjoyed a monopoly supplying the first conventional production gas buses and which was to benefit again from the announcement made at the beginning of 1994 managed to get into "difficulty".
		Since then, Ontario's stake in the faltering enterprise reached $110 million before the province's left-leaning New Democratic Party government disposed of it, in 1995, in the very last days of its mandate, and for all that money none of the gas buses (which were to start being delivered in the fall of 1994) appeared!
	www.pccmph.com /dewired2.html (4049 words)

	FIBA Canning Inc. Awards
		In 1975 he started HCI industries to rehabilitate and recertify tube trailers for specialty gases such as hydrogen and manufacturing tube trailers for companies such as Liquid Carbonic, Soquip and Ontario Hydro.
		In 1985 the first "OEM" natural gas fuelled bus from Ontario Bus Industries (with a Ford Pinto natural gas engine mounted under the belly for the air-conditioning load) was shipped to Brooklyn Union Gas for demonstration at Command Bus Lines.
		The bus uses a regenerative braking energy system, along with CNG fuel to reduce GHG's by more than 50%, toxic emissions by more than 90%, fuel costs by 70%, brake costs by 80%, and achieve approximately 9 miles per imperial gallon equivalent in urban operation.
	www.fibacanning.com /awards/Awards.htm (1245 words)

	Forbes.com: Bay St Wk Ahead-Alternative energy stocks seen as gamble (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But while their stocks, along with other alternative energy companies, have risen off their lows, they are still far from the heady peaks scaled in 2000.
		Analysts say there is clearly potential for growth and higher stock prices as more governments and industries move toward cleaner sources of energy.
		Ontario, Canada's richest province, has already begun pouring money into developing cheaper and cleaner energy.
	www.forbes.com /business/energy/newswire/2003/07/06/rtr1019402.html (743 words)

	Congressman Sherwood Boehlert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The contract awarded to Orion Bus Industries, located in Oriskany, will create over 100 new jobs and provide the NYC MTA with the world's largest hybrid diesel-electric transit bus fleet.
		Orion Bus Industries is partnering with BAE Systems.
		At their facility in Johnson City, NY, BAE Systems will build the hybrid propulsion systems for the new line of buses, which will support the employment of 100 employees (of a total 1,700) and possibly create additional jobs.
	www.house.gov /boehlert/pr_051129_hybridelectricbus.htm (288 words)

	New York Public Transit Association • HALL OF FAME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He again changed jobs in 1984 and was assigned to Casey Stengel Depot in Queens and retired from that position in the fall of 1985 as a General Superintendent.
		His brother Kevin worked for the New York City subway system, and another brother, John, was a bus driver in Manhattan for The Fifth Avenue Coach Co., who later became the president of the Transportation Workers Union.
		He and his staff led the industry in the development of the low floor bus, CNG deployment and hybrid technology.
	www.nytransit.org /mn_about/halloffame/2002.htm (1636 words)

	GO Transit (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Bus connections extend the Lakeshore service to Newcastle in the east and Hamilton in the west.
		On September 27, 2001, Ontario Premier Mike Harris announced that the Provincial government would be taking back Responsibility for GO Transit, and putting $3 billion into public Transit in Ontario.
		GO is also developing a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that will provide extensive east-to-west express service across the GTA, using Transit priority measures and park-and-ride stations with links to local transit.
	go-transit.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (1696 words)

	Ottawa Business Journal - News Story
		He cites data from the Ontario Road Builders' Association, showing that, during the first 10 years of a road's life, basic preventative maintenance costs $500 to $1,000 per lane-kilometre.
		The second annual Ontario's Worst Municipal Roads campaign is underway and shows Ottawa in fifth place with more than 270 votes.
		The Municipal Roads Coalition, which includes the Ontario Road Builders' Association, CAA Ontario, the Ontario Motor Coach Association, the Ontario Trucking Association, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and the Insurance Bureau of Canada, runs the annual Worst Municipal Roads campaign.
	www.ottawabusinessjournal.com /281759391185976.php (1197 words)

	www.ny.gov - GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES ORION BUS INDUSTRIES INVESTING $3.4 MILLION AND RETAINING 500 JOBS IN ONEIDA COUNTY
		Orion Bus Industries, located in Oriskany, Oneida County, is a leading manufacturer of diesel electric hybrid buses in North America.
		Orion Bus Industries is a perfect example of one of our local success stories here in New York State.
		In consideration of this company’s commitment to New York State, Orion Bus Industries is eligible to apply to Empire State Development for a Capital Grant of $945,000 to retain 500 jobs and a Job Creation Grant of $250,000 if they create an additional 100 jobs by 2009.
	www.state.ny.us /governor/press/05/oct18_05.htm (1466 words)

	Eye Weekly - NEWS: The rodent permeates the trolley follies - 09.17.92
		There is also a third option, not widely discussed: the wireless trolley, currently under development by Ontario Bus Industries in Mississauga.
		Such a bus would contain a natural gas engine and an electric motor on each axle.
		Munro, among many, is intrigued by the TTC's fascination with the natural gas bus and its bastard stepchild, the wireless trolley.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_09.17.92/NEWS/cit0917.php (1161 words)

	Grayline
		Hailing from London, Ontario, Canada, Grayline have been unleashing their own patented brand of fast melodic punk rock on an unsuspecting public with such intensity that cases of spontaneous human combustion have been known to occur.
		Nine guitarists and eight bass players later, the band is still laying down the law of toyland in their neverending quest to bring rock and roll salvation to the musically oppressed people of Planet Earth.
		With the aid of take home souveniers of the read, wear and listen variety, Grayline have been continuously gnawing at the fringes of the rock and roll industries' leather pants, creating havoc and chaos in the grand RAWK tradition.
	www.mbus.com /bands/genadm/Grayline.htm (265 words)

	BAE SYSTEMS North America: News and Information: News Releases
		"Orion Bus Industries is proud of its role in delivering clean, efficient technology to the streets of New York," said Mark Brager, Orion's vice president of sales.
		The system propels the bus with a single electric motor that is powered by a diesel-driven generator and an energy storage unit.
		Orion Bus Industries, the Mississauga, Ontario-based unit of DaimlerChrysler Commercial Buses North America, and BAE Systems worked with New York City Transit for more than six years to evaluate a demonstration fleet of 10 hybrid buses.
	www.na.baesystems.com /releasesDetail.cfm?a=270 (721 words)

	Motor Coach Industries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In December 1986, Greyhound was split, with Greyhound Lines being sold to an investor group, and Greyhound Lines of Canada, MCI and Transportation Manufacturing Corporation remaining part of Greyhound Corporation, which was renamed Dial, Inc. in 1991.
		In 1987, Greyhound Corporation bought the bus manufacturing operations of General Motors, and production of the RTS was transferred to Transportation Manufacturing Corporation.
		During the early 2000s crisis, MCI opened its contract with its unionized workers, threatening to move all Canadian operations unless its workers agreed to a seven year contract providing for no raises for four years, followed by a meager C$ 0.40 raise per year, drawing the ire of many employees.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Motor_Coach_Industries (1084 words)

	LSU Libraries -- Business Subject Guides
		Locate advantages for business and industry, business recruitment, industrial parks and properties, and doing business in the state.
		The EDC works with new and existing industry for the creation of new jobs, expanded tax base in the county, and a stronger local economy.
		Locate information on the quality of life, business and industry, government, community profiles, general business, small business and entrepreneurial data, government news, not-for-profit, and rural issues.
	www.lib.lsu.edu /bus/econdev.html (1197 words)

	CBC - Ontario Votes 2003 - Ridings
		This sprawling riding in rural eastern Ontario includes the towns of Napanee, Bath, Tweed, Madoc and Bancroft, as well as Amherst Island, Bon Echo Park and Frontenac Provincial Park.
		This constituency has a diverse economic base, with mixed farming dominant in the southern part of the riding, while resource-based industries (such as mining, forestry and tourism) are strongly represented in the north.
		Find out how more than 500,000 Ontario students will get into the habit of voting during this provincial election.
	www.cbc.ca /ontariovotes2003/riding/032 (345 words)

	Accommodations Toronto Canada - Toronto Hotels
		In the early 20th C, immigrants were attracted by the growth in industries such as banking, investment, finance, and factories.
		The shoreline along Lake Ontario has been converted from a run-down industrial area to a hopping shopping, café and luxury hotel district.
		The Art Gallery of Ontario includes artworks donated by wealthy Ontarians over the years, and the Royal Ontario Museum is Canada's largest public museum.
	www.travelinontario.com /torontotips.cfm (524 words)

	THE BUS SPOT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The BUS SPOT has lots of pictures of buses from around the world, information about bus operators, and links to other bus fan and transit industry sites about buses.
		Today, Jim works in the bus industry for a large transit authority in the northeast US while Bob is a Webmaster for a large governmental agency in the nation's capital.
		They are always looking to expand their sites with bus pictures and information on the transit industry from around the world.
	members.aol.com /busspot/main.html (327 words)

	Ontario Bus Industries Orion I
		8217-8218 NO82 OBI 01.504 0532-0533 113 Attleboro-Taunton MA note 3 Biddeford-Saco Bus Lines 56 NO82 OBI 01.502 0534 116 Bangor ME Greater Attleboro-Taunton Reg.
		8320 OC83 OBI 01.506 0750 156 Attleboro-Taunton MA note 3 Grey Goose Bus Lines 129 OC83 OBI 01.505 0751 149 Fort McMurray AB Greater Attleboro-Taunton Reg.
		8321 OC83 OBI 01.506 0752 156 Attleboro-Taunton MA note 3 Grey Goose Bus Lines 170 OC83 OBI 01.505 0753 149 Fort McMurray AB Greater Attleboro-Taunton Reg.
	www.angelfire.com /ca/TORONTO/builders/orion1.html (104 words)

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		The bus for the Sunday tour of Ottawa was provided by OC Transpo, and transportation from Montreal to Ottawa and return was provided by Voyageur.
		Their bus fleet consists entirely of GMDD, MCI and Nova buses; its Cremazie maintenance shops, the home of both bus and subway maintenance, were visited after the Nova plant tour.
		The group was taken on a tour of the Ottawa busway system and then a stop at their Saint Laurent Garage, the largest of three garage locations, and the home of OC Transpo's administration and maintenance facilities.
	www.motorbussociety.org /conventn/01fall (1503 words)

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