San Diego Metropolitan Transit Rolls with New Fleet of 77 Autogas Buses
The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) has rolled out its new fleet of 77 buses fueled by emissions-reducing, economical propane autogas. The alternatively fueled buses are planned to help the agency reduce its operating costs, and are expected to reduce emissions by 2 million pounds per year.
In all, MTS purchased 31 minibuses and 46 paratransit buses — all fueled by propane.
The minibuses are built on the Ford F-550 chassis and the paratransit buses are built on the Ford E-450 chassis. Each model features a Ford 6.8L V10 engine with a ROUSH CleanTech propane autogas fuel system.
Propane autogas is a low carbon alternative fuel that reduces greenhouse gases by up to 25 percent, 60 percent less carbon monoxide, and fewer particulate emissions versus gasoline.
It is projected that the lifetime of the fleet, more than 7.8 million pounds of carbon dioxide will be eliminated from MTS’s total carbon footprint — the equivalent of taking 747 passenger vehicles off the road for a year according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s equivalencies calculator.
The California Air Resources Board and EPA certify the ROUSH CleanTech Ford E-450 and F-550 buses for sale in all 50 states. The ROUSH CleanTech Ford E-450 has completed Federal Transit Administration’s New Model Bus Testing Program (“Altoona Testing”) and can be purchased using a transit agency’s FTA funds.
ROUSH CleanTech has deployed almost 14,000 propane autogas vehicles to fleets across America. Of those, about 800 operate in the transit industry.
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