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Colorado Town is Case Study for Electric School Buses in Wintertime—They Outperformed Diesel

These frozen smoke belchers are Minnesota school buses that were set for a retrofit with diesel engines in 2012. New evidence, however, from a...

Number of Electric School Buses More than Doubled in the U.S. in Past Year

According to the World Resources Institute, the number of electric school buses operating or delivered in the United States more than doubled—from 598 in...

India Approves $7 Billion For 10,000 Electric Buses to Clean Air in 170 Cities

Last Wednesday, India's federal government approved nearly $7 billion for a nationwide plan to equip the biggest cities in the country with electric buses. The...

California is Protecting Youngsters From Air Pollution By Deploying Hundreds of Electric School Buses

About 90% of the new all-electric school buses will be deployed for operation in California's most disadvantaged communities.

After Becoming Largest European City to Offer Free Public Transit, They’re Enjoying a ‘Revolution’ From Their Buses

Since implementing the trailblazing initiative one month ago, the city has enjoyed a host of positive results.
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Why Germany is Making it Free to Ride Buses and Trains in 5 Cities

According to AFP, the scheme will be launched by the end of the year “at the latest” in cities such as Bonn, Essen, and Mannheim.

Old City Buses Get New Life as Homeless Shelters in Hawaii

It gives a whole new meaning to the term “bus shelter” – the next stop for some retired city buses will be serving as...
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Oslo Turns Food Waste into Fuel for Buses

A plant in Norway last week began converting household food waste into liquid biogas fuel to run the city's 135 buses. As a result,...
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Nonprofit Retrofits Buses as Mobile Showers for the Homeless

For the 3,000 people living homeless on the streets around San Francisco, there are only a total of 16 public shower stalls. To remedy...
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Congressman Touts Rhode Island’s Switch to Hybrid Buses, Trollies

U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin is encouraging other agencies to follow the lead of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority that recently bought 53 hybrid...
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US Proposes First-Ever Emission and Fuel-Efficiency Standards for Trucks and Buses

Yesterday, the EPA and Department of Transportation proposed the first national  greenhouse gas emission standards and fuel efficiency improvements for medium and heavy-duty trucks,...
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China Plans Elevated Buses That Can DRIVE OVER Cars, Without Blocking Traffic

Instead of spending millions to widen roads or build subways, a Chinese company is developing a "three-dimensional fast coach", a raised bus that will...
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Human Sewage to Power Buses in Norway

Biomethane from human waste will soon power public transportation in Norway's capital city. Starting in September 2009, the methane gas normally contributing to Global...
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GM to Fill Historic Order for 1,700 Hybrid Buses

Major new orders from transit agencies in Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Minneapolis/St. Paul for up to 1,732 GM hybrid-powered buses will almost triple the...
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London Buys Hydrogen-Fueled Red Buses

The Mayor of London announced Tuesday that ten new red double-decker hydrogen powered buses will join London's bus fleet by 2010 to reduce air...
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Natural Gas Buses Replace Diesel Fleet at Tourist Destination

Hearst Castle became the first California state park to operate with 100% natural-gas-powered buses. 16 new clean-fuel buses were unveiled June 23 that will...

Good News in History, November 13

97 years ago today, the Holland Tunnel opened connecting New York and New Jersey under the Hudson River. Consisting of two tubes and made...

Good News in History, November 6

807 years ago today, the Charter of the Forest was signed in England by King Henry III. This law document is sometimes described as...

Good News in History, October 13

Happy 90th birthday to the incredible Nana Mouskouri. For those unfamiliar with this goddess of Euro songbirds, she released over 200 albums of songs...