BTB Party Bus * USA - Gets a move on using vegetable oil
The BTB Party Bus was born
Ann Arbor,MI,USA -MLive.com/The Ann Arbor News, by Donn Fresard -November 11, 2008: -- The shuttle is outfitted with comfortable seats, a powerful sound system and blue Christmas lights lining the ceiling. Initial plans called for a loop around downtown, but that was quickly nixed in favor of a more cab-like operation. Customers can call the driver to arrange a pickup, or flag down the distinctive red shuttle bus on the street. A ride within the near-campus area costs $2, or you can pay $3 to $4 to go further from downtown. Unlike a normal cab, though, the BTB bus will pick up other riders on the way to your destination, and likely will go out of your way to drop others off. (It can also be rented out, limo-style, for a couple of hours or a whole night.) ... "It minimizes the carbon footprint, and at the same time it gets us home super cheap," Sam Langberg, 22, a recent U-M alumnus, said. "What's not to like?" ... Early feedback has been so encouraging, BTB's transportation arm already is eyeing expansion... Lowenstein said if there's enough demand, they will convert a second bus (a $4,000 process) to work in tandem with the first. The owners also are looking into buying another vehicle - perhaps a cab running on natural gas - to handle excess demand during peak hours... (Photo by Eliyahu Gurfinkel The Ann Arbor News - From left, U-M freshmen Zach Kadden and Austyn Weiner and their friend Gal Geri, who was visiting from Florida, get off the BTB Party Bus on North Ingalls Street in Ann Arbor on Friday evening) Labels: Party Bus
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