DART News Release
Jul 10, 2002 | General
DART Receives State Grant to Rework 360 Bus Engines
Media Relations Contact: July 10, 2002 Another step toward a cleaner transit fleet DART Receives State Grant to Rework 360 Bus Engines Dallas Area Rapid Transit has been awarded a grant of $7.5 million from the State of Texas to upgrade bus engines with new pollution-fighting equipment that significantly reduces bus exhaust emissions.
"This grant will go a long way toward helping us improve air quality in the region. It will stimulate the introduction of ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel, which is going to be a major part of the drive to improve air quality," Pope said.
The third part of the project is to stimulate the development, use and availability of ultra-low-sulfur diesel prior to a mid-2006 Federal mandate to make ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel the only on-road diesel fuel available. Currently, 80% of DART's fleet meets Texas Clean Fuel Fleet requirements, including 95 zero-emission electric light rail vehicles, 20 ultra-low emission trolley buses fueled by compressed natural gas, 184 ultra-low emission buses fueled by liquefied natural gas, 200 ultra-low emission non-revenue vehicles fueled by compressed natural gas, 170 low-emission Paratransit vehicles fueled by diesel or gasoline, 91 low-emission buses fueled by diesel and 75 low-emission non-revenue vehicles fueled by diesel or gasoline. DART transit vehicles log 38 million miles a year serving 190,000 passengers daily. The retrofitted buses, running on the ultra-low-sulfur fuel, will have emissions equal to or less than natural gas. This is an important transition phase for DART's total clean fuels program. A major goal of the program is to begin operating zero emissions buses by the end of the decade. -- 30 -- |
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