Buses World News
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PROPANE POWERED BUSES * USA: New ones
* New York - Linn Shuttle adds propane-powered buses to its fleet
(Photo by David Patton/Democrat-Herald: Driver John Walton lifts the hood to show the engine on one of two new propane powered Linn Shuttle buses)
Sweet Home,Albany,NY,USA -The Albany Democrat-Herald, by ALEX PAUL -13 Jan 2015: -- Two new propane-powered 24-passenger buses have been added to the Linn Shuttle fleet in a partnership that also includes Linn-Benton Community College and AmericGas, according to program manager Ken Bronson... Representatives of each group met Monday morning at LBCC’s Advanced Transportation Technology Center in Lebanon and unveiled one of the two buses... Propane burns cleanly, Bronson said, noting the engines are V-10 Fords... Each of the buses built by Blue Bird in Fort Valley, Georgia, cost $132,000, Bronson said... Advantages of using propane fuel include: lower cost per gallon; the majority of propane consumed in the U.S. is produced domestically; lower maintenance costs; cleaner emissions; propane is nontoxic...Labels: Propane buses
Propane Buses * USA - Los Angeles School District Interested in Adding to Current Fleet of
North Hollywood,CAL,USA -School Transportation News -July 2, 2009: -- Some students in the San Fernando Valley will soon be boarding school buses powered by propane, and School Transportation of America maintenance staff and drivers located at the company’s North Hollywood yard were scheduled to begin receiving training on how to use a new fueling station installed at the company’s new facilities located just off the Hollywood Freeway... STA, propane distributor Delta Liquid Energy and the Propane Education Research Council held an open house on Wednesday for LAUSD, local business and clean air groups, and members of the media to showcase a 15,000-gallon fuel tank. The propane system will fuel 77 new Blue Bird Type C Vision buses with 8.1 L GM liquid propane injected engines for school district activity trips. Representatives from Delta Liquid Energy began providing end-user and train the trainer training today at the STA yard... (Photo from finmeccanicainc.typepad: shool bus)
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Propane Buses * USA - San Antonio district debuts. Run cheaper than diesel
A San Antonio-area school district has debuted new classic-yellow school buses that officials say are the first in the nation manufactured to run on propane
Helotes,TX,USA -The Associated Press/The Trucker, by ELIZABETH WHITE -22 July 2008: -- ... While many districts across the U.S. have converted school buses from diesel-run to propane, the new buses are the first to come off the production line propane-ready, said Erin Lake, a spokeswoman for Fort Valley, Ga.-based Blue Bird Corp... The 16 buses are cheaper and cleaner than traditional diesel models, said Northside Independent School District superintendent John Folks... (Photo: A gallon of diesel costs about $3.85, while a gallon of propane is $1.73)Labels: Propane buses
