L.A. Gets Ultra-Modern CNG Buses

12/21/2004

The most advanced transit vehicles ever introduced in North America have been unveiled in Los Angeles. Here, the first of 200 ultra-modern, compressed natural gas (CNG) fueled "Metro Liner" transit buses by North American Bus Industries made their appearance, signaling a new era in mass transit for the city. A total of 30 Metro Liner buses are scheduled to be delivered to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LAMTA) by June 2005, with the remaining 170 coming by June 2006.

They are powered by 320 horsepower, low-emission Cummins Westport L-Gas Plus engines and are part of a previously announced 600-engine order being delivered to LAMTA. These high-capacity, super-sized articulated buses will operate on Los Angeles' busiest bus corridors and on the Metro Orange Line, a 14-mile exclusive transitway due to open in 2005.

LAMTA has about 2500 buses, over 1900 of these powered by CNG, making this the largest alternative-fuel bus fleet in the United States.

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