Hybrid Buses * USA - MTA goes greener with 850 new ones
New York,NY,USA -The Second Avenue Sagas, by Benjamin Kabak -October 26, 2007: -- ... The MTA announced this week plans to add 850 new hybrid electric buses to the fleet... In effect, this new purchase is a contract extension of a 2005 deal between the MTA and Daimler AG... No word if Daimler AG was insulted when the MTA wanted to add a World Series incentive to the contract... This new order allows for NYCT to take on most of the new buses. Of the 850, 105 of them will go to MTA Bus. The other 745 will end up in the hands of New York City Transit. According to the MTA, these buses will be employed to meet ridership and equipment demands brought about by Bus Rapid Transit lanes... A few weeks ago, I wrote about how the MTA, by virtue of its public transportation mission, is a green organization looking to go greener. Its trains use energy-conserving breaks similar to those found in hybrid cars, and now the Authority is adding a whole fleet of green buses... I - and Al Gore - wholeheartedly support this move. More hybrids for everyone... (Photo courtesy of flickr user mss2400: The MTA hopes to win a Nobel Prize for its efforts in combating greenhouse gas emissions)Labels: hybrid buses
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