Michigan’s Waterford School District added 10 school buses powered by propane autogas to its fleet this week. The Blue Bird Vision buses are fitted with Roush CleanTech propane fuel systems. According to Roush, the Waterford School District joined almost 30 other school districts in Michigan that operate Blue Bird Vision buses.
The sub-zero wind chills will affect kids going to school in the morning. Aside from bundling them up in winter gear, Wayne Township has new ways to keep kids warm on their way to school. There’s a new app called Here Comes the Bus.
12.15.2016 — Waterford School District introduced 10 new school buses fueled by propane autogas into its fleet this week, joining almost 30 other school districts in the state to operate Blue Bird Vision Propane buses. Propane is an economical alternative fuel that will allow the school district to save money in maintenance and fuel costs, and to reduce its carbon footprint.
Students at Lancaster County Christian School love bus 38 for a very special reason. This bus runs on propane autogas.
Across America, transit agencies are making the move to clean-burning, emissions-reducing shuttles buses fueled by propane autogas. More than 700 vehicles equipped with ROUSH CleanTech propane autogas fuel systems operate in the transit industry, with the projected number to exceed 850 vehicles by the end of 2016. More than 30 transit agencies across the nation operate these vehicles.
We first heard about the Volkswagen emissions lawsuit more than a year ago. The Federal Government validated that the company’s “clean diesel” vehicles were releasing a difference in NOx emissions between testing and normal performance somewhere around 40 times more than the legal limit.
The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System on Wednesday rolled out its new fleet of buses fueled by propane autogas. The agency said the alternatively fueled buses help reduce its operating costs and reduce emissions by 2 million pounds per year.
12.7.2016 — Today, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System rolled out its new fleet of 77 buses fueled by emissions-reducing, economical propane autogas. The alternatively fueled buses help the agency reduce its operating costs, and will reduce emissions by 2 million pounds per year.
Vehicles powered by propane autogas — a bottled fuel consumers also use in barbecue grills and for home heating — occupy a small but growing alternative-fuel niche, mostly for fleets of medium trucks, vans and buses.
The good news is that we have time to make this happen, but we need your help. Together, we can create a unified front to reach out to each of our state officials, and make alternative fuel school buses a priority for Environmental Mitigation Trust funding.
We have developed an easy-to-follow strategy to make it easier for you to communicate our message to get some of your state’s funding put toward alternative fuel school buses.
How can we do this together? By having every Blue Bird dealer follow this outreach campaign to spread a consistent alt fuel bus message to your state representatives.
Below is the timeline that was discussed during our meeting last week. If you have any questions, please contact Chelsea Uphaus at Chelsea.uphaus@roush.com.
Outreach Timeline
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January
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