How high do gasoline prices have to climb before Americans have had enough? In Detroit, we are paying some of the highest prices ever at $4.18 per gallon. That’s higher than San Francisco at $3.97, but less than Chicago — at a whopping $4.48 per gallon.
Patricia Smith stood under a tent Thursday, her hair soaked and her eyes glued to a yellow school bus as it tried to parallel park. “It all comes down to the driving,” said Smith, a bus driver from Brantley County… (The Telegraph)
The largest school district in Arizona recently brought its fleet grand total to 89 after purchasing 61 additional school buses: 55 Blue Bird Propane Powered Vision 77-passenger buses and six 42-passenger, wheelchair-accessible buses… (School Bus Fleet)
Alternative fuels have traditionally filled their individual places in the trucking world. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) seems to work best in long-haul trucking operations; compressed natural gas (CNG) in shorter-haul operations… (Fleet Owner)
Last week, the U.S. Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its latest alternative fuel vehicle data. Bottom line: Alternative fuel vehicle usage continues to increase.Combine that with other EIA research showing conventional fuel prices are not backing down. In fact, the gap between conventional fuels and domestically produced gaseous fuels (propane autogas and natural gas) will remain significant through at least 2022.
Last year, school bus contractor Student Transportation Inc. (STI) and its subsidiary Student Transportation of America Inc. secured the largest transportation agreement in its history… (School Bus Fleet)
Mesa Public Schools has added 61 school buses to its fleet fueled by propane autogas, with a goal of operating the nation’s first all-propane yellow bus fleet… (School Bus Fleet)
