Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX Venture: CMH) has been contracted by PACE Suburban Bus of Chicago, Illinois, to supply its proprietary i-STOP(TM) solar-powered LED bus stop lighting systems.
Awarded through a public bid process, this contract is valued at up to $885,000. Installation is scheduled over the next five years with the first $194,000 in i-STOP(TM) systems to be delivered before the end of August.
PACE is the suburban bus division of Chicago’s Regional Transportation Authority and the 14th largest bus service in North America. PACE serves 130,000 daily riders throughout Chicago’s suburbs via 240 routes covering 3,500 square miles. The Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC) estimates the population of PACE’s service area to be approximately 5.2 million and expects it to grow to more than 6.2 million by 2020.
The i-STOP(TM) is a unique solar-powered LED bus stop lighting system, which installs on all standard bus stop poles.
Utilizing Carmanah’s patented solar-powered LED technology, the i-STOP(TM) bus stop lighting system is completely self-contained, which means no trenching, wiring, traffic disruption or site remediation is required. http://www.transitlights.com