Mountain Line Transit Authority showcases 5 new autogas buses

Mountain Line Transit Authority, a public transportation provider in Morgantown, West Virginia, is showcasing five new light-duty buses fueled with propane autogas.

“Public transportation – like Mountain Line Transit – is, by nature, an environmentally friendly choice,” says Maria Smith, CEO of Mountain Line Transit Authority. “We want to take it a step further by operating clean vehicles, and propane is a natural choice because of where we’re located.”

Mountain Line installed a propane station on-site. The infrastructure was provided at no cost by Ferrellgas with a fuel contract. On average, propane autogas costs about 40 percent less than gasoline and 50 percent less than diesel.

The Roush CleanTech Ford E-450 cutaway chassis has completed the Federal Transit Administration’s New Model Bus Testing Program, also known as Altoona Testing, which allows transit fleet operators to access federal funds that cover 85 percent of the entire alternative fuel vehicle cost with a 15 percent local match.

Mountain Line’s new propane vehicles will easily navigate the hilly terrain of the region as well as provide reliable cold weather performance during the winter months, the agency says.

More than 100 transit agencies around the United States operate propane vehicles. There are more than 27 million propane vehicles worldwide.

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