Here is a brief from the Chicago Tribune: Chicago to receive $9.6 million for hybrid buses
Associated Press
7:43 PM CDT, May 30, 2008
CHICAGO - U.S. Senator D i c k (Richard) Durbin says the city of Chicago will receive $9.6 million from the federal government to buy hybrid buses.
Durbin said Friday that the grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation will allow the Chicago Transportation Authority to buy about 13 more articulated diesel hybrid buses.
In March, the CTA announced plans to lease 150 hybrid buses at the cost of $13.4 million a year.
Hybrid buses burn less gas than conventional diesel buses.
My posted reply to the article: Last time I fueled up my Diesel, I filled it up with Diesel Fuel, not Gasoline! It is true that a Diesel Hybrid Bus will use less fuel than a conventional Diesel in stop and go Chicago traffic. Diesel Hybrid Technology for City Buses is is a good idea that is long over due. But neither the Diesel Hybrid or conventional Diesel will burn less gas or any gas, ever!
My comment for the forum: As cool as Diesel Hybrid Technology is, guess where all that money came from, you got it our Fuel Taxes.
I am so glad my Jeep can handle all the Chicago Metro area Pot Holes that would swallow up a Smart Car
I better fab my trans skid plate soon, the Pot Holes are going to get bigger now
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