What you should know about propane transit vehicles
Each year, Americans utilize transit agencies for more than 7 billion trips within their communities. Many of those transit customers are students, seniors and people with disabilities, making transit agencies a vital part of the U.S. ecosystem.
The most commonly used form of transit vehicle is a bus — and a growing number of those buses are operating with propane autogas. In fact, there are more than 7,000 transit and paratransit propane buses on U.S. roads today.
Agencies like San Diego Metropolitan Transit and The Rapid are leading the charge in transitioning to clean-operating propane buses to support their sustainability and public health goals.
As a clean, sustainable fuel, propane autogas helps transit agencies provide cost-effective public transportation by opening the door for federal funding through programs like the Federal Transit Administration’s New Model Bus Testing Program (“Altoona Testing”) and the Buy America program, offering low up-front infrastructure costs, reducing maintenance costs by up to 50% and cutting per gallon fuel costs by 40-50%.
