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USA – seven S 407 ComfortClass motorcoaches for the Martz Group:
From the valley all the way to the coast –
everyday
The Martz Group, headquartered in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, has been in the bus operating
business for over 100 years. The group has now joined the international Setra family.
T
he Martz Group includes six companies
located on the East Coast
of the United States – from New
York through Tampa, Florida. Martz offers
one-day or several-day motorcoach tours,
city tours and trips to cultural and sports
events in the US and Canada. The company
strives to deliver reliable, comfortable bus
travel at an affordable price.
Martz offers a luxurious week-day commuter
service from Pennsylvania to New
York City. There are many people who
prefer to live outside of New York City but
will continue to work inside the city. These
are the commuters Martz wants to serve
with the seven new S 407 motorcoaches
that Martz took delivery of at the end of
September. “Setra builds just the right
motorcoaches for our close to 100-milelong
professional commuter route from
Wilkes-Barre in Wyoming Valley to New
York City”, comments Craig Smith, CEO of
the Martz Group. “We are sure that the new
ComfortClass motorcoaches will successfully
take on this challenge.”
Patrick Scully, Chief Commercial Officer at
Daimler Buses North America, is also convinced
that his customer made a wise
choice. “There couldn’t be a more suitable
customer for a large order of the Setra
S 407 CC motorcoach”, he says. “The
ComfortClass really is a high-performance
coach, and we are delighted to have an opportunity
to prove this to the Martz Group
on this challenging route.” The Setra S 407
is the North American ComfortClass version
that was designed specifically to meet
the needs of this market. With the new Setra
ComfortClass’ comfortable seats, WiFi and
laptop connections, employers in the region
can also look forward to having their employees
arrive at their workplaces relaxed
and ready for the day.
A relaxed trip to work: the Martz Group is deploying
the new S 407 motorcoaches for business commuters
EU Guideline promotes cleaner, more energy-efficient vehicles:
Green Public Procurement
The EU 2009/33/EG Guideline promoting more environmentally friendly road vehicles has been in
effect since December 2010. SetraFamily explains what changes are being made with regard to
Green Public Procurement (GPP) for public authorities and contracting parties.
T
he new EU Guideline proposes
that, for all future public tenders,
the energy and environmental impact
needs to be taken into consideration.
According to this Guideline, contracting
parties and certain operators, when procuring
road vehicles, are obliged to consider
the energy and environmental impact
during the whole service life of the vehicles,
in order to support and promote the market
for clean, energy-efficient vehicles.
A focus on public authorities
The Guideline is specially relevant to public
authorities who are obliged to consider
the energy and environmental impact
when procuring vehicles. To ensure correct
implementation, contracting parties can
either include technical specifications in
the tendering process or incorporate them
as key criteria when making a procurement
decision.
Calculating GPP values at Setra
The International Association of Public
Transport (UITP), in collaboration with
the European Automobile Manufacturers’
Association (ACEA), developed concrete
proposals and approaches to calculate
GPP values. The methods developed by the
UITP/ACEA task force were implemented
by EvoBus.
Setra provides assistance
To ensure that the listing of values for Setra
customers is as transparent and “comparable”
as possible, we have greatly simplified
and clarified the complex calculation
process. So that Setra customers can see
just how green their Setra coach is – knowing
that they are ideally equipped to fulfil
Green Public Procurement criteria.