Metro Considers Abandoning Natural Gas Buses (washingtonpost.com)
Metro Considers Abandoning Natural Gas Buses (washingtonpost.com): "Metro board members voted yesterday to purchase more than 200 diesel and hybrid buses, scrapping a policy of buying natural gas buses to improve the region's air quality.
After an hour of sharp debate, members of the board's Planning and Development Committee voted to buy 117 diesel buses and 100 hybrids over the next three years. The measure awaits final approval April 21 at the monthly meeting of the full board, which includes the same voting members as the committee.

Metro owns 1,450 buses, all of which run on diesel except for the 164 natural gas models already on the street. "
- posted by Jim @ 8:15 PM