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Metro encourages the US Congress and the President to extend the CNG tax credit, which is set to expire in 2009, to encourage and assist transit agencies who maintain environmentally friendly bus fleets.
With more than 2,300 buses powered by clean compressed natural gas (CNG), Metro operates the largest alternative fuel transit fleet in the United States.
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When Metro launched its clean fuel program in 1994 with the purchase of 196 CNG buses, it was the first transportation agency in the United States to commit to alternative fuel buses on a massive scale. While other transportation agencies have also embraced alternative fuels, Metro remains the industry leader with approximately 30% of the CNG buses currently operating nationwide.
> Under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, E;cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), which was signed into law in August 2005, Metro became eligible for a 50¢ per gasoline gallon equivalent of CNG tax credit.
> Given Metro’s robust investment in clean burning CNG buses, our agency stands to save millions of dollars from this tax credit over the next two years.
> The CNG tax credit permitted under SAFETEA-LU is set to expire at the end of 2009. Metro encourages the US Congress and the President to extend the CNG tax credit to encourage and assist transit agencies who maintain environmentally friendly bus fleets.
Metro drives the nation’s largest clean-air fleet.
Metro’s clean air CNG vehicles, which comprise over 90% of its entire operational bus fleet, travel 98 million miles annually. Our CNG bus fleet uses approximately 40 million Gasoline Gallon Equivalents (GGEs) of CNG generated by 10 Metro-owned and operated fueling stations.
> The environmental benefits that result from Metro’s commitment to CNG are remarkable. Metro’s buses are 97% cleaner than the diesel buses they replaced. They reduce cancer-causing particulate matter by 98%, carbon monoxide by over 80% and greenhouse gases by over 20%.
> By providing an environmentally superior alternative for passengers, Metro is responsible for reducing air pollution by more than 152,000 pounds each day. That equates annually to a combined reduction of 59 million pounds of NOx, CO and particulate matter.
> Metro’s national leadership on clean air issues has helped Southern California achieve dramatic improvements in air quality. With continuing economic and environmental incentives to invest in CNG buses and fueling stations, Metro will remain a leader in the emerging field of alternative fuel heavy duty vehicles.
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityOne Gateway PlazaLos Angeles, CA 90012-2952
Contact:Metro Government Relations 213.922.7175
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Metro Bus DivisionNumber of Busesin CNG Fleet
Metro Rapid – Existing (as of June 2007)
Metrolink and Stations
Metro Orange Line
Metro Rail and Stations
Metro Rapid – Future
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LONG BEACH
EL MONTE
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BURBANK
SANTAMONICA
WARNER CENTER
REDONDOBEACH
SOUTHGATE
CARSON
LAX
UCLA
Orange County
Ventura County
Los Angeles County
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91
118
170
134
110
2
60
101
210
210
105
110
10
710
405
405
605
605
5
5
Division 95 20 CNG Buses
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