Gillig BRT

The **Gillig BRT** is the BRT-styled derivative of the Gillig Low Floor. Gillig began working on the design in early 2003 and delivered their first BRT buses to the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority in 2005.

## Design

The bus features a redesigned curved front and rear with greater front overhang. It is available with flush-mounted passenger windows and multiple rear door widths including wide, mid-width, or narrow. The dashboard is also different from the one used on the standard Gillig Low Floor.

When introduced, the BRT bus had a one-piece windshield with the destination sign behind. The option to have the destination sign window separate from a two-piece windshield was made available in 2008. The headlight cluster was slightly altered for an order by Transport of Rockland in 2009 and was soon made standard. An option for a streamlined roofline, known as BRTPlus, was introduced with Long Beach Transit in 2011.

### Alternative fuels

Like the Gillig Low Floor, the bus is available with diesel-electric hybrid and compressed natural gas drivetrains. An order of BRT buses for for LeeTran of Lee County, Florida in 2009 used a gasoline-electric hybrid drivetrain from ISE Corporation. The first order for BRT buses powered by natural gas was from Long Beach Transit in 2011.

In 2013, the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA) placed an order with Vossloh Kiepe for four dual-mode trolleybuses. Theses buses are being used as trial vehicles for the RTA, who is looking to acquire their next generation of trolleybuses. Two buses from this order are able to operate off-wire using battery power, and two are able to operate off-wire using a diesel engine. The buses were delivered at the end of 2014 and into early 2015. After a one-year trial, the RTA has the option to purchase up to 75 vehicles. The four prototypes were funded in part with a federal grant of $4 million.

## Other photos

Gillig BRT with one-piece windshield option.CNG-powered Gillig BRT with "Plus" roofline.CNG-powered Gillig BRT with conventional roofline.Gillig BRT trolleybus.29' foot Gillig BRT.Standard 40' Gillig BRTInterior of SMART 3005.
## Operators

### United States

* Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority (AAATA) - Ann Arbor, MI
* Area Transportation Authority of North Central Pennsylvania - Clearfield, PA
* Avon Transit - Avon, CO
* Beaver County Transit Authority (BCTA) - Beaver County, Pennsylvania
* Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority - Reading, PA
* Brockton Area Transit Authority (BAT) - Brockton, MA
* Broward County Transit (BCT) - Broward County, FL
* Butte Regional Transit - Butte County, CA
* Cambria County Transit Authority - Johnstown, PA
* Capital Area Transit - Raleigh, NC
* Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority - Austin TX
* Central Florida Regional Transit Authority (LYNX) - Orlando, FL
* Central New York Regional Transportation Authority (CENTRO) - Syracuse, Onondaga, Oswego, Cayuga & Oneida counties, NY
* Capital District Transportation Authority - Albany, NY
* Champaign Urbana Mass Transit District - Champaign/Urbana, IL
* Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) - Charlotte, NC
* Chatham Area Transit - Savannah GA
* Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) - Chattanooga, TN
* C TRAN - Elmira, NY
* Citibus - Lubbock, TX
* C-TRAN - Vancouver & Clark County, WA
* Clinton Municipal Transit Administration (MTA) - Clinton, IA
* Columbia Transit System - Columbia, MO
* Community Transit - Snohomish County, WA
* Connecticut River Transit (CRT) - Springfield, VT
* County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS) - Scranton, PA
* CUE Bus - Fairfax, VA
* DART First State
* Durham Area Transit Authority (DATA) - Durham, NC
* Eagle County Regional Transportation Authority (ECO Transit) - Eagle County, CO
* Everett Transit - Everett, WA
* Fairfield-Suisun Transit (FAST) - Fairfield-Suisun City, CA
* Fresno Area Express (FAX) - Fresno, CA
* Gainesville Regional Transit System (RTS) - Gainesville, FL
* Glendale Beeline - Glendale, CA
* Grand Valley Transit - Grand Junction, CO
* Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) - Cleveland, OH
* Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (GDRTA) - Dayton, OH
* Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation - Lafayette & Tippecanoe County, IN
* Greater Mankato Transit System - Mankato, MN
* Greater Richmond Transit Company - Richmond, VA
* Greeley-Evans Transit - Greeley, CO
* Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) - Virginia Beach/Norfolk/Newport News, VA
* Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) - Tampa & Hillsborough County, FL
* Housatonic Area Regional Transit (HART) - Danbury, CT
* Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation (IndyGo) - Indianapolis, IN
* Jacksonville Transportation Authority - Jacksonville, FL
* Jefferson Transit - Jefferson, LA
* Kansas City Area Transportation Authority - Kansas City, MO
* Lake Erie Transit (LET) - Monroe, MI
* LeeTran - Lee County, FL
* Long Beach Bus - Long Beach, NY
* Long Beach Transit - Long Beach, CA
* Luzerne County Transportation Authority (LCTA) - Wilkes-Barre & Luzerne County, PA
* Madison County Transit (MCT) - Alton/Granite City, IL
* Marin Transit - Marin County, CA
* Mason County Transportation Authority - Mason County, WA
* Metro Transit - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
* Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) - Atlanta, GA
* Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) - Miami-Dade County, FL
* Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) - Milwaukee, WI
* Minnesota Valley Transit Authority - Burnsville, MN and surrounding area
* Missoula Urban Transportation District - Missoula, MT
* Monroe County Transit Authority (Pocono Pony) - Stroudsburg, PA
* Mountain Line - Flagstaff, AZ
* Mountain Metropolitan Transit - Colorado Springs, CO
* Muskegon Area Transit System (MATS) - Muskegon, MI
* Nashua Transit System (NTS) - Nashua, NH
* New Castle Area Transit Authority (NCATA) - New Castle, PA
* Norwalk Transit System - Norwalk, CA
* Owensboro Transit System (OTS) - Owensboro, KY
* Palm Tran - West Palm Beach, FL
* Petaluma Transit - Petaluma, CA
* Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) - Clearwater, FL
* PART - Pottstown, PA
* Prince George's County Transit - Prince George's County, MD
* Rabbit Transit - York, PA
* The Rapid - Grand Rapids, MI
* Red Rose Transit Authority - Lancaster, PA
* Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County (RTC Ride) - Reno, NV
* Rhode Island Public Transit Authority - Providence, RI
* RiverCities Transit - Longview & Kelso, WA
* Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) - Roaring Fork Valley, CO
* Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) - Rochester, NY
* San Joaquin Regional Transit District - Stockton, CA
* San Luis Obispo Transit (SLO Transit) - San Luis Obispo, CA
* San Mateo County Transit District - San Mateo County, CA
* Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus - Santa Monica, CA
* Santa Rosa CityBus - Santa Rosa, CA
* Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) - Sarasota County, FL
* Schuylkill Transportation System - St. Clair, PA
* Sequoia Shuttle - Sequoia National Park, CA
* Sound Transit - Snohomish, King & Pierce Counties, WA
* Southeast Area Transit (SEAT) - New London County, CT
* StarMetro - Tallahassee, FL
* Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) - (Suburban) Detroit, MI
* Suffolk County Transit - Suffolk County, NY
* Summit Stage - Summit County, CO
* Sun Tran - Tucson, AZ
* Tar River Transit - Rocky Mount, NC
* Thousand Oaks Transit - Thousand Oaks, CA
* Tracer - Tracy, CA
* Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky - Fort Wright, KY
* Transport of Rockland - Rockland, NY
* TriMet - Portland, OR
* University of Minnesota Parking and Transportation Services - University of MN Twin Cities Campus, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN
* Utah Transit Authority - Salt Lake City, UT
* Visalia Transit - Visalia, CA
* Western Contra Costa County Transit Authority - Contra Costa County, CA
* Williamsburg Area Transit Authority (WATA) - Williamsburg, VA
* Winston-Salem Transit Authority (WSTA) - Winston-Salem, NC

## Demonstrator and engineering units

Below is a list of known demonstrator and engineering buses

## References

1. ↑ Florida’s LeeTran Expands Bus Fleet with Ultra Low Emission Gasoline Hybrid Technology from ISE Corp (press release). ISE Corporation. Retrieved on 5 November 2009
2. ↑ Agenda Minutes
3. ↑ [1]

* Gillig BRT Page
* Personal notes & sightings