Metro Buys Nearly 500 Hybrid Buses
By Mark Seagraves
WASHINGTON - Metro will buy 452 hybrid buses from General Motors, with an option for 500 more.
The hybrid order from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is one of the largest GM has ever had. GM received orders for more than 1,700 hybrid buses from transit agencies in Washington, Philadelphia and Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Metro, which already has about 400 compressed, natural gas buses, wants to phase out traditional diesel buses, but the new hybrids won't hit the streets until 2009. When they do, they will save Metro money on fuel, reduce emissions and will be quieter and more efficient than their diesel counterparts. Read the full story.
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