[Quietcars] more hybrid buses in N.Y.C.

[Deborah Kent Stein]

Thanks for the update!  Glad this new batch may be more audible.

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Stewart" <cclvi at yahoo.com>
To: <quietcars at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:50 PM
Subject: [Quietcars] more hybrid buses in N.Y.C.


> Yesterday the Head of the Department of Buses in
> N.Y.C. confirmed to me that all additional bus
> purchases will be hybrids.  There are now 850 and that
> number will be doubled.  He said this new batch will
> have mechanical equipment that will be a bit more
> audible as it performs its normal functions such as
> ventilation.  Evidently there is no data reflecting
> more pedestrian accidents with hybrid buses, but I
> shall continue to seek the figures.
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