Fleet Characteristics
The GTT bus fleets comprises 1,180 buses. They cover urban and extra urban areas with bus and tram lines. There are approximately 640,000 customers per day, with 56 million of kilometres run every year.
Size/Implementation Quantity
In addition to 223 CNG buses, the company has introduced 23 electric buses which run in the city centre path.
The electric buses are 7,48 m long, have 37 passenger places, 15 seated and 22 standing. The bus can reach the maximum velocity of 70 km/h, and the drivability is as comfortable as the traditional bus, but with less noise. The bus energy consumption is 95 kWh/100km .
Decision Process/Reasons
The GTT mission is to be a leader in mobility sector, which it has achieved due to the competitive services, quality and costs. The environmental policy aims to work in environment respect, according to a more sustainable development of Turin area. In this context, GTT has chosen the sustainable mobility according to the environmental policy and for air quality of the City of Torino.
Company
The Gruppo Torinese Trasporti S.p.A is a private company of the Turin City. Its activities focus on local public transport and mobility.
In 2005 the group:
- transported 640,000 customers per day;
- employed 5.500 (among them 2.900 are drivers),
- has had 403 millions of euros of turnover.
Additional Information
For more information about this project, please visit our website at GTT.
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Simona Taborelli
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