MBTA unveils fleet of 'green' buses
(George Rizer/Globe Staff)
MBTA General Manager Daniel Grabauskas introduced a new low emission bus today in Lynn.
By Anne Baker, Globe Correspondent
On the outside, they may look like the traditional yellow-and-white MBTA buses. But they're actually green.
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority General Manager Daniel Grabauskas announced today the launch of 155 new low-emission buses.
Seventy will serve the North Shore, 65 will go to the South Shore, and 20 will run routes in Boston from the Cabot Garage in South Boston, the MBTA said in a statement.
“The new buses are the cleanest, the most environmentally-friendly buses you can get,” Grabauskas said in an interview. “These are among the cleanest-burning buses anywhere in the United States.”
The total cost for the 155 new buses is $112 million, said MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo.
Grabauskas said the fleet was worth the cost and will help the MBTA maintain its current high ridership.
“We need to offer [riders] a clean, safe, reliable and on-time system,” he said. “Maintaining a state-of-the-art bus fleet is certainly a part of maintaining our increase in ridership”
(George Rizer/Globe Staff)
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