"GREEN" BUSES
* USA - Yellow school buses on Floyd County roadways could become greenerNew Albany,IN,USA -The New Albany Tribune, by JOSEPH LORD -2 Sept 2006: -- Yellow school buses on Floyd County roadways could become greener... New Albany-Floyd County School Corp. may buy a diesel fuel tanker and switch the 125-bus fleet to biodiesel... The school corporation does not pay taxes on fuel, however... Installing tankers would be necessary to use biodiesel, however, because few suppliers sell the fuel in Southern Indiana... (Photo by Kevin McGloshen: Students at New Albany High School catch buses parked along Vincennes Street Thursday afternoon)
* India - After bio-diesel, PMT buses to go for retro-fitted engines
Pune,India -Pune Newsline -Sept 1, 2006: -- Pune Municipal Transport was the first to embrace bio-diesel when it converted 100 buses the green way in early July... Now, the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded the Pune Municipal Corporation a grant of $ 296,000 (Rs 1.37 crore) to go in for retrofitting of its city buses in a bid to improve its local air quality management practices and reduce emissions. This will make Pune the first city to introduce retrofitted engines in its public transport vehicles...
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