HYBRID BUSES * USA - CTA unveils new ones
Transit agency is acquiring 150 of the more-efficient, less-polluting vehicles
Chicago,ILL,USA -The Chicago Tribune, by Jon Hilkevitch -December 4, 2008: -- CTA officials showed off new hybrid buses Wednesday that carry more passengers and belch less emissions than the older vehicles they are replacing... The New Flyer articulated buses are plugged into electrical sockets at bus garages each night to recharge rooftop battery packs, which provide most of the power needed during operation the next day... It marks a big improvement over the traditional method in winter of keeping bus motors running for long periods overnight to ensure the vehicles will start in the morning, officials said... CTA officials disagreed, saying the diesel-electric bus saves fuel by using battery power and running the engine at idle when the vehicle is traveling at up to 25 m.p.h. Engine power is increased only when the speed exceeds 25 m.p.h., which in city traffic is not often.The CTA is able to afford the $156 million deal by leasing the buses for 12 years, then taking ownership, CTA President Ron Huberman said... (Tribune photo by Michael Tercha / December 3, 2008: Mayor Richard Daley tours one of the CTA's new hybrid buses in the transit agency's 103rd Street bus barn. The New Flyer articulated buses carry more passengers and belch less emissions than the older vehicles they are replacing. The transit agency is acquiring 150 of the 60-foot-long buses by next summer to replace buses dating to 1991 and 1995)* Schenectady schools try 2 hybrid buses - District is part of state study
Schenectady,NY,USA -The Schenectady Gazette, by Michael Goot -December 4, 2008: -- A three-year test run of two hybrid buses in the Schenectady school district is under way to help develop information on fuel economy... Officials from the New York Power Authority and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority announced the partnership with the district at Zoller Elementary School Wednesday morning... The state purchased two buses from Leonard Bus Sales of Deposit, near Syracuse... (Photographer: Ana Zangroniz - Schenectady School District Superintendent Eric Ely, right, speaks during a press conference announcing the New York Power Authority and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) will launch the first side-by-side study in the nation on the performance of different hybrid school bus technologies.The press conference was held at the Zoller School Wednesday.) * Hybrid School Bus Study
Albany,NY,USA -WXXA, by Kathryn Hauser -4Dec 2008: -- Bob Raymond has been a bus driver for Schenectady city schools for 15 years. Today, for the first time, he's testing some of the district's new hybrid buses... "It smells clean when you're outside the bus and standing and in the back of the bus"... Schenectady school district is one of three in NYS testing these hybrid buses and the Bob looks forward to driving them...Labels: hybrids buses
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