Comments on: Green travel programme offers cars, bikes, buses http://www.greenbang.com/green-travel-programme-offers-cars-bikes-buses_11202.html Sustainable Energy Insight Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:18:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Helen Cotterill http://www.greenbang.com/green-travel-programme-offers-cars-bikes-buses_11202.html/comment-page-1#comment-8699 Helen Cotterill Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:30:19 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/?p=11202#comment-8699 You might like to check out what is happening in San Francisco, a city with the goal of having the greenest transit fleet in the United States. SF MUNI hybrid buses are part of the SFMTA Zero Emissions 2020 plan, and the city of San Francisco has announced its intention to have the third-largest hybrid bus fleet in the country. Other US cities that have major transit agencies are NYC, Boston, Washington DC and Seattle, and they all have hybrid buses. There's more about SF MUNI hybrids here: http://www.sfmta.com/cms/mfleet/hybrids.htm Also, in San Francisco, the City and County has teamed with Cisco in a public-private partnership to provide the Connected Bus as a part of the Cisco Connected Urban Development (CUD) program: http://www.connectedurbandevelopment.org/cities/san_francisco and there was a pilot scheme of the Connected Bus (fitted with Cisco router and other kit to help increase efficiencies of many kinds) in San Francisco last year (2008). Here's the Pilot Results document: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/cud/The_Connected_Bus_Pilot.pdf<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8699','Helen Cotterill'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8699','Helen Cotterill','You might like to check out what is happening in San Francisco, a city with the goal of having the greenest transit fleet in the United States.\r\n\r\nSF MUNI hybrid buses are part of the SFMTA Zero Emissions 2020 plan, and the city of San Francisco has announced its intention to have the third-largest hybrid bus fleet in the country. Other US cities that have major transit agencies are NYC, Boston, Washington DC and Seattle, and they all have hybrid buses. There\'s more about SF MUNI hybrids here:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.sfmta.com\/cms\/mfleet\/hybrids.htm\r\n\r\nAlso, in San Francisco, the City and County has teamed with Cisco in a public-private partnership to provide the Connected Bus as a part of the Cisco Connected Urban Development (CUD) program:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.connectedurbandevelopment.org\/cities\/san_francisco\r\n\r\nand there was a pilot scheme of the Connected Bus (fitted with Cisco router and other kit to help increase efficiencies of many kinds) in San Francisco last year (2008). Here\'s the Pilot Results document:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.cisco.com\/web\/about\/ac79\/docs\/cud\/The_Connected_Bus_Pilot.pdf'); return false;">Quote</a></div> You might like to check out what is happening in San Francisco, a city with the goal of having the greenest transit fleet in the United States.

SF MUNI hybrid buses are part of the SFMTA Zero Emissions 2020 plan, and the city of San Francisco has announced its intention to have the third-largest hybrid bus fleet in the country. Other US cities that have major transit agencies are NYC, Boston, Washington DC and Seattle, and they all have hybrid buses. There’s more about SF MUNI hybrids here:

http://www.sfmta.com/cms/mfleet/hybrids.htm

Also, in San Francisco, the City and County has teamed with Cisco in a public-private partnership to provide the Connected Bus as a part of the Cisco Connected Urban Development (CUD) program:

http://www.connectedurbandevelopment.org/cities/san_francisco

and there was a pilot scheme of the Connected Bus (fitted with Cisco router and other kit to help increase efficiencies of many kinds) in San Francisco last year (2008). Here’s the Pilot Results document:

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/cud/The_Connected_Bus_Pilot.pdf

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]]> By: cspears http://www.greenbang.com/green-travel-programme-offers-cars-bikes-buses_11202.html/comment-page-1#comment-8677 cspears Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:03:15 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/?p=11202#comment-8677 are there any small cities or towns in the US that use some form of Green Bus or Green iniative bus srevice for the public.If so where and how is it working ?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8677','cspears'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8677','cspears','are there any small cities or towns in the US that use some form of Green Bus or Green iniative bus srevice for the public.If so where and how is it working ?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> are there any small cities or towns in the US that use some form of Green Bus or Green iniative bus srevice for the public.If so where and how is it working ?
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