Saturday, January 02, 2010
Hybrid Buses For Charleston
WEST VIRGINIA...
Four hybrid buses have been added to the public transit system serving West Virginia's capital.
Kanawha Valley Regional Transit Authority's assistant general manager, Doug Hartley, said the diesel electric buses are designed to be more fuel efficient and have less impact on the environment than other buses in the fleet.
Two of the buses can carry 27 passengers each. The other two can carry 32. The shorter buses cost about $557,000 each; the longer ones about $569,000. Federal grant money paid for the difference in price between the hybrids and regular buses, which is about $240,000 per bus. The authority expects to save about 25 percent on fuel and reduce greenhouse gas production by 33 percent.
Four hybrid buses have been added to the public transit system serving West Virginia's capital.
Kanawha Valley Regional Transit Authority's assistant general manager, Doug Hartley, said the diesel electric buses are designed to be more fuel efficient and have less impact on the environment than other buses in the fleet.
Two of the buses can carry 27 passengers each. The other two can carry 32. The shorter buses cost about $557,000 each; the longer ones about $569,000. Federal grant money paid for the difference in price between the hybrids and regular buses, which is about $240,000 per bus. The authority expects to save about 25 percent on fuel and reduce greenhouse gas production by 33 percent.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 6:10 AM 
