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Metro introduces six new hybrid buses… Eight more hybrids to come by early 2012
Dec 20, 2011 - News Releases 2011
CINCINNATI - Metro has a big “green” gift for the community this holiday season… six new hybrid buses, with eight more on the way!
The first six new hybrids will go into service on Monday, Dec. 19 and will replace older diesel buses that are past their useful life.
Eight more will be put into service by early 2012.
The new hybrid buses were purchased with funding from the Ohio Department of Transportation's Clean & Green and Next Generation programs, the Federal Transit Administration's Clean Fuels program, federal earmarks and the City of Cincinnati’s Transit Fund.
The 14 new hybrids will more than double Metro’s hybrid fleet. With the addition of the buses next month, Metro will have a total of 27 hybrid buses in service in 2012. In 2011, Metro’s hybrids reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 823 tons.
Metro is a non-profit, tax-funded public service of the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, providing more than 17 million rides per year.
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