BUSES' PURCHASE PROSPECTS
* India - Punjab govt to add 300 new buses to existing fleet
Mohali,Kerala,India -The New Kerala (Ernakulam,Kerala,India) -2 July 2007: -- The Punjab Government would add 300 more new buses in the existing fleet of 1482 buses of PUNBUS, Punjab Roadways and PRTC in the next three months... An equal number of new buses would also be added to the Kilo Meter scheme, Transport Minister Mohan Lal stated here. He assured that the Transport Department would implement the insurance scheme for the passengers traveling in the state owned buses shortly...
* USA - TUSD Gets Grant For Greener School Buses
Tucson,AZ,USA -The KOLD TV/News 13 -July 2, 2007: -- Tucson Unified School District is getting the lion's share of Arizona Department of Environmental grants for greener school buses... ADEQ has awarded 11 school districts in Maricopa and Pima Counties $3,177,000 in grants to improve air quality and reduce children's exposure to harmful diesel emissions from school buses... TUSD Received $1,369,144 toward the purchase of 11 Compressed natural gas buses, 42 new diesel buses and 38 filters for existing diesel buses...
* USA - Hybrid buses coming to Everett
Everett,WA,USA -The HeraldNet, by David Chircop -July 2, 2007: -- Everett Transit introduced passengers to the city's first hybrid diesel-electric bus during a brief trial run three years ago... When driving away from bus stops and red lights, the hybrid produced none of the dark, smelly diesel smoke typical of a normal bus... It ran quieter, smoother and was more fuel-efficient... The problem was a cost-prohibitive price tag... At $580,000 for a hybrid versus $290,000 for a conventional bus, the gap was too great for transit officials to justify buying one... But more than $1 million in federal transportation money recently awarded to the city is expected to help add cleaner-burning hybrid buses to Everett Transit's 46-bus fleet... Everett Transit will use a combination of federal and local funds to buy three 35-foot hybrid buses, he said...
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