Las Vegas ACE Downtown Connector

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About Las Vegas ACE Downtown Connector

In response to the ever increasing demand for faster service along the Las Vegas Valley's busiest roads, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) has built a rapid transit system, ACE, that connects downtown Las Vegas the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Strip, Henderson and North Las Vegas.

The sleek ACE bullet-shaped vehicles travel in dedicated lanes where possible with less frequent stops than fixed-route transit, enabling the service to change routes based on traffic patterns and move passengers longer distances in a shorter time period than fixed-route bus service.

The ACE Downtown Connector uses a version of the Wright StreetCar BRT - specailly developed for the RTC. The hybrid-electric driveline for the StreetCar has been developed in conjunction with the ISE Corporation of California and incorporates Siemens ELFA traction components and is based on a Cummins ISL engine. The chassis has been supplied by Swiss trolleybus specialists Carosserie Hess.

The ThunderVolt diesel hybrid drive system features a custom drive motor developed by Siemens with 400 kW power and 5000 Nm torque, a new generation of Siemens inverters with 30% greater power density, a high torque density generator rated at 260kW, a Cummins ISL 330 HP engine with advanced electric cooling system, advanced NiMH battery energy storage system from Cobasys, other innovations such as electrically driven accessories - air conditioning, DC/DC converters and Remote Diagnostic System - all controlled and optimised by ISE’s Hybrid Control Software ThunderCAN.

http://www.rtcsnv.com/transit/ace/