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A Hybrid Electric Bus for the Burbank Airport September 2004BURBANK -- Officials at Bob Hope Airport said Thursday that $1.2 million will be spent on six new diesel buses that will shuttle passengers between remote parking lots and the terminal.The airport's current fleet of nine buses, which operate 16 hours per day, was put into service between 1994 and 1997. When the new buses arrive, two will increase the operating fleet to a total of 11 buses, while four will replace unreliable old buses. "They are already well past their standard life, and they are becoming increasingly unreliable and prone to break down. We really should have replaced them earlier," said Victor Gill, a spokesman for the airport authority. Airport commissioners originally approved the purchase in June, but questions arose about the environmental impact of diesel pollution they might cause. But at Tuesday's meeting, commissioners received a report indicating the new buses will have newer, less-polluting engines and will be retrofitted with a pollution-control device. They will emit five times less nitrogen oxides than the old buses do, Gill said. Charles Lombardo, president of the airport commission, said commissioners made the right decision in purchasing the new buses. "We got some very old buses off the street, very old polluting buses," he said. Burbank City Councilman Todd Campbell has been critical of the purchase of the diesel buses. "If they never intended to purchase hybrid-electric buses, they should be buying natural gas buses," Campbell said. He added that he is looking to the airport to immediately proceed with getting a hybrid-electric bus for demonstration purposes. The first bus will be delivered in November, and then the airport will receive one bus a month until it has all six. SOURCE: LA Daily News | ||
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