FUEL DEBATE * USA * Dallas Area Rapid Transit bus purchase stalls on
Dallas,TX,USA -The Dallas Morning News, by MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER -December 2, 2008: -- Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens and several DART board members have halted the transit agency's plan to buy a fleet of 537 new diesel-powered buses... Mr. Leppert said buying buses that run on diesel instead of compressed natural gas would send the wrong message about Dallas... It's unclear exactly how much more the natural-gas buses would cost, but it could be tens of millions of dollars. The dispute has derailed staff plans to have a contract for the new buses in place by the end of the year. A decision isn't expected until January or February, and some board members have suggested canceling the current procurement process and starting over... Mr. Pickens said buying diesel-powered buses would perpetuate America's reliance on oil – something he has dedicated himself to ending... (Photo by MICHAEL AINSWORTH/DMN - T. Boone Pickens is welcomed to Fort Worth by Dick Ruddell, president of The 'T,' left, as Pickens steps off one of the buses powered by natural gas)Labels: fuel debate
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