Central and Eastern Kentucky
(2009-11-10)
LOUISVILLE
(Kentucky Public Radio) -
The Transit Authority of River City is putting 17 new buses into service, replacing
about 10% of its fleet.
TARC Executive Director Barry Barker says the clean-diesel buses cost 332,000 dollars each and were purchased with a combination of local, state and federal funds.
Barker says the buses are not as environmentally friendly as the more expensive
hybrid vehicles, but get better mileage and emit less pollution than the buses they're replacing.
"You can buy three of these for the price of two hybrids. We would love to buy
nothing but hybrids and we've got nine on order under the stimulus program, but
the fact of the matter is that the improvements that we get in mileage, passenger
comfort and so forth, is another fifty percent larger here because we're taking
that many more buses out of service," Barker said.
The new buses also have an updated design.
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