Study: Motorcoaches achieve 200+ mpg per rider
“On average, motorcoaches use the least amount of energy and produce the lowest carbon dioxide emissions per passenger mile of any of the transportation modes analyzed,” the study confirms.
“On average, motorcoaches use the least amount of energy and produce the lowest carbon dioxide emissions per passenger mile of any of the transportation modes analyzed,” the study confirms.
The Department of Homeland Securty has begun accepting applications for this latest round of security grant funding for the motorcoach industry.
In addition to 160,000 construction jobs over the next two decades, high-speed trains will generate 320,000 permanent jobs by 2030, growing to 450,000 jobs in 2035, according to the new business plan.
To qualify for a grant, matching funding of at least 50 percent of the total project value is required and projects must be completed by September 2009.
OCTA bus ridership has been at six million or more since July 2008, with Metrolink ridership well over 370,000 during that same period.
The survey collects information about how students, faculty and staff get to and from campus, as well as how they get around after they’ve arrived. It also asks them about the direction from which they approach the campus and their arrival and departure times.
The actions announced include both ongoing financing facilities and one-time transactions designed to address AIG's liquidity issues.
A competition, sponsored by GreenRide through The Rapid (Interurban Transit Partnership) in Grand Rapids, measured the number of trips to and from campus without the use of cars occupied by one person.
Students, faculty and staff can now use their U-PASS to ride free on buses operated by Pierce Transit, Everett Transit and Kitsap Transit.
Agreement will allow RTD to acquire property from Union Pacific subject to RTD performing certain railroad relocation and/or entering into certain shared-use agreements.
Measure KK would have required voter approval before bus-only lanes could be built on streets in Berkeley, Calf.
With this order, the MTA is taking up the second option on a contract originally awarded to Alstom and Kawasaki in 2002. Alstom’s share of the latest order represents approximately $491 million and covers the production of 242 metro cars.
The bus, a double-deck model built by Britain’s Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), is among 17 hybrid units built by ADL and BAE Systems that will be evaluated in passenger service starting later this year.
The transit operator joins 184 other Blue Skyways partners who are working to reduce air pollution in 10 states in the heart of the U.S.
Will assume management and maintenance responsibilities for the stations, which can serve growing numbers of CNG-powered municipal fleet vehicles, airport and hotel shuttle vans, limousines, taxis and passenger cars.
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