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Transit Systems Are Turning To Hybrid Buses

nytimes.com | MICHELINE MAYNARD | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

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Transit systems from New York to Taipei, and from Ames, Iowa, to Ann Arbor, Mich., are adding hybrid buses at a rapid clip. New York, by far, has the ...

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A Sustainable New Orleans Rises After Katrina

nytimes.com | KATIE HOWELL of Greenwire | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

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There is a big push in the Big Easy for dramatically improving energy efficiency in homes and public buildings....

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CTA Rolls Out New Hybrid Buses

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 08.06.2009 | Chicago

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The CTA today trotted out the first of 58 new articulated hybrid buses purchased with federal economic stimulus funds....

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Katrina Rebuilding Includes Solar Panels, Organic Farming And Hybrid Buses

AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green

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NEW ORLEANS — The city known more for French Quarter trash than recycling or renewable energy is going green. In rebuilding since Hurricane Katr...

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Woman Bites Bus Driver For Not Driving A Hybrid

nydailynews.com | By SERGEY KADINSKY and CARRIE MELAGO | Posted 02.23.2009 | Green

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The frantic passenger who bit a veteran driver's arm was upset that his bus wasn't a hybrid, he said Thursday. "She came on the bus, and she said s...

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CTA Unveils Hybrid Buses (VIDEO)

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 01.03.2009 | Chicago

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The CTA unveiled new hybrid buses today that plug into an electrical outlet at night and run on battery power for most of the day. The transit agenc...

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Toronto's Hybrid Buses Not Working Out

Treehugger | Lloyd Alter | Posted 11.23.2008 | Green

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It is a sad tale: Local bus manufacturer is bought by Daimler, manufactures hybrid bus design that sells well as far away as San Francisco and New Yor...

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Chicago Testing Electric Hybrid Buses

Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 06.25.2008 | Green

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The CTA is testing a new hybrid electric bus that can get seven to eight miles per gallon -- double the mpg of current CTA hybrids. The new hybrid en...

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