Oh, to live in an area that has great public transportation. The metro area that I am part of is beginning light rail service this month. I am about 30 miles from the nearest stop though so will not likely be using it but it is good to see a focus on public transportation. The City of Burbank is taking public transportation a step greener and will be a test market for a zero-emissions plug-in fuel cell hybrid transit bus. That is a mouthful!

“Designed and fabricated by Colorado-based Proterra, the revolutionary vehicle can travel 250 miles before needing to be recharged, runs at double the fuel economy of a diesel bus and releases nothing but water from the engine exhaust. In addition to being created and built in this country, it relies on power that is 100% derived from U.S. sources, thereby reducing dependence on foreign energy.” (Source: PR Newswire)

The bus will be the first bus built from the ground up as a hybrid, the first mass-produced use of smaller output fuel cells as range extenders in a plug-in hybrid bus and a fast-charge battery system can recharge the battery in six minutes. The bus will begin service in the spring of 2009.

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