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09-22-2009, 07:00 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg Other winning projects include the construction of wind energy generation turbines in Massachusetts and the installation of solar panels to help power transit facilities in Vancouver, Wash. (http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=844544&category=REGION)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Daimler_-_Orion_VII_Diesel_Electric_Hybrid.jpgJennifer A. Dlouhy - TIMESUNION (http://www.timesunion.com) - September 22, 2009
Now can we find a way to get more people to use public transit so we reap the maximum benefit? --Ed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The federal government is giving $3.5 million to the Capital District Transportation Authority to help it convert to diesel-electric hybrid buses, the Department of Transportation announced Monday.
The cash grant is part of $100 million in economic stimulus funds that will be doled out to 43 transit agencies nationwide to help fund what the Transportation Department called "cutting-edge environmental technologies to help reduce global warming" and "lessen America's dependence on oil."
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement that the "Capital District Transportation Authority is showing how investing in green transportation not only helps the planet and strengthens our economy, but also creates jobs."
The CDTA is updating its fleet with 40 new buses on order that are hybrids or clean-fuel diesel. The green fleet could help to raise ridership because people want to be part of the effort to reduce greenhouse gases.
One diesel-electric hybrid bus has the same emissions as one gasoline-fueled car. If a bus with hybrid technology saves about 2,193 gallons of fuel per year, it will use about 25,000 fewer gallons than a traditional diesel bus over 12 years of use. A typical transit bus covers about 35,000 to 40,000 miles a year and gets about 3.8 miles per gallon. A typical hybrid gets about 4.8 miles per gallon on... http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=844544&category=REGION
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Daimler_-_Orion_VII_Diesel_Electric_Hybrid.jpgJennifer A. Dlouhy - TIMESUNION (http://www.timesunion.com) - September 22, 2009
Now can we find a way to get more people to use public transit so we reap the maximum benefit? --Ed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The federal government is giving $3.5 million to the Capital District Transportation Authority to help it convert to diesel-electric hybrid buses, the Department of Transportation announced Monday.
The cash grant is part of $100 million in economic stimulus funds that will be doled out to 43 transit agencies nationwide to help fund what the Transportation Department called "cutting-edge environmental technologies to help reduce global warming" and "lessen America's dependence on oil."
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement that the "Capital District Transportation Authority is showing how investing in green transportation not only helps the planet and strengthens our economy, but also creates jobs."
The CDTA is updating its fleet with 40 new buses on order that are hybrids or clean-fuel diesel. The green fleet could help to raise ridership because people want to be part of the effort to reduce greenhouse gases.
One diesel-electric hybrid bus has the same emissions as one gasoline-fueled car. If a bus with hybrid technology saves about 2,193 gallons of fuel per year, it will use about 25,000 fewer gallons than a traditional diesel bus over 12 years of use. A typical transit bus covers about 35,000 to 40,000 miles a year and gets about 3.8 miles per gallon. A typical hybrid gets about 4.8 miles per gallon on... http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=844544&category=REGION