Buses World News
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CLEANER BUSES * USA -
* Indiana - FWCS gets state grant to slash bus emissions
(Photo by Samuel Hoffman/The Journal Gazette: Clarence Erickson of Hug Filtersystems explains the diesel particulate filters that Fort Wayne Community Schools will install on its buses)
Fort Wayne,IND,USA -Fort Wayne, by Julie Crothers -18 June 2014: --
A more than $314,000 state grant will help reduce pollutants emitted from Fort Wayne Community Schools buses, school officials said Tuesday.
FWCS received a grant from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to pay for the installation of diesel particulate filters on two dozen 82-passenger buses.
The grant will also cover the cost of the equipment to clean and maintain the filters... The Hug Filtersystems filters are designed to remove diesel particulate matter, also called soot, at an efficiency rate of 85 percent to 99 percent... The filters work by burning the accumulating soot continuously keeping them clean will also save money long-term...Labels: cleaner buses
CLEAN BUSES * USA - More than $5.5 million awarded to clean up school bus fleet
Sacramento,CAL,USA -Air Resources Board/Yuba net -Dec 18, 2008: -- The Air Resources Board announced today $5.5 million first-round grant monies from the Lower-Emission School Bus Program to schools within air districts for replacement and retrofit projects. These grants will affect 123 buses in 41 school districts throughout California, cutting toxic diesel particulate matter and smog-forming nitrogen oxide emissions... To date, the program has received 172 applications totaling more than $21 million in replacement projects, and 705 applications totaling $13.3 million in retrofit projects. Overall, ARB has received $35.8 million in applications to date...Labels: cleaner buses
* Europe - Commission aims for cleaner buses
The European Commission has revealed new proposals to dramatically cut harmful emissions from trucks and buses, in a bit to improve air quality in the regionUK -Green Consumer Guide -7 January 2008: -- ... The new ‘Euro VI’ standard aims to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) output by 80% and particulates (PM) by 60% compared to the limits of Euro V... “More stringent emission limits will pave the way for cleaner trucks and buses,” said Commission Vice President Gunter Verheugen. “This is good for the health of our citizens and the environment. Industry gets a clear perspective and the time to prepare to produce clean, high quality vehicles without endangering its competitiveness”... The targets will be debated by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers, with a possible introduction in 2013...Labels: cleaner buses
Cleaner Buses * USA - Are Costly for School Districts
Syracuse,NY,. USA -13 WHAM (Rochester,NY) /AP-Feb 12, 2007: -- School officials are faced with tough decisions on whether to replace old buses or add new ones to their fleets. That's because the cost of new buses is expected to jump as much as 12 percent this year as a result of a new federal regulation requiring that all 2008 bus engines burn cleaner... Michael Leonard of Leonard Bus Sales in Deposit says he expects his price for a 66-passenger school bus to be between $83,000 and $93,000. That's a $9,000 increase from last year's range...Labels: cleaner buses
