EcoNews - USA - Clean-burning buses join fleet
Bus service offers free ridesPORTLAND, Maine,USA -Boston Globe -1 May 2006: -- Passengers on the Greater Portland Transit District's Metro system got to ride for free Monday to celebrate the official arrival of clean-burning buses powered by compressed natural gas... Thirteen of the system's 28 buses are now powered with natural gas, while the older models run on diesel oil. Metro hopes eventually to have its entire fleet powered with the cleaner fuel, said Peter Cavanaugh, operations manager... The new buses are the first in Maine to run on natural gas, although the seasonal Island Explorer service in Acadia National Park has propane-powered buses...
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