Want proof that propane autogas is the smart choice for a small- to mid-sized fleet hauling precious cargo? Look no further than the iconic yellow school buses of our nation’s public schools.
Today, nearly one million students in school districts across the country get to school in a bus powered by autogas – a testament to the safety, reliability, cost effectiveness, and eco-performance of propane as a vehicle fuel.
Even more impressive is how many school bus fleet managers who make the switch to propane stay with it: according to 2017 IHS Polk school bus registration data, more than 57 percent of school districts with Type C propane autogas buses purchased additional buses – a marked contrast to the 17 percent of gasoline bus repeat buyers.
To learn more about propane-powered school buses, check out these Propane Education & Research Council links:
Capitol Clean Cities of Connecticut has teamed up with Pride Stores to make alternative fuel more accessible in Connecticut’s capital. A new Pride Stores truck stop will be built in Hartford and construction is scheduled to begin in early 2017.
The state-of-the-art stop will be the first in the United States to offer CNG, Propane, Hydrogen, Electric Chargers, Gasoline & Diesel Fuel all at one convenient location. Pride Stores believes that once construction is complete, the stop will be the most advanced Travel Center in New England. The stop will be located right off exit 33 on I-91 in Hartford, CT.
World Resources Institute China Office and the UNC Chapel Hill conducted a study to examine the Clean Cities program’s impact on air quality and petroleum demand reduction between 1990 and 2010 by comparing countries located inside and outside the boundaries of Clean Cities Coalitions.
“We quantify the effectiveness of the Clean Cities program by focusing on performance measures such as air quality, number of alternative fueling stations, private vehicle occupancy and transit ridership. We find that counties that participate in the program perform better on all these measures compared to counties that did not participate. Compared to the control group, counties in the Clean Cities program experienced a reduction in days with bad air quality (3.7%), a decrease in automobile commuters (2.9%), an overall increase in transit commuters (2.1%) and had greater numbers of new alternative fueling stations (12.9). The results suggest that the program is a qualified success.”
Read the full study that was Published in Science of the Total Environment in June 2016 here.
October 5, 2015. TruStar Energy has opened a large, time-fill compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station designed and built for privately held refuse hauler All Waste, Inc. in Hartford, Connecticut, the fueling infrastructure developer announced.
The Clean Energy station located at 33 Maxim Road in Hartford, CT opened on May 1, 2013. The public access compressed natural gas fueling station currently provides fuel for Hartford area fleets including those operated by All Waste, USA Hauling and Recycling, All American Waste, Hartford Yellow Cab, Metro Taxi, and the Greater Hartford Transit District.
