During Blue Bird's 1,000-mile Propane Road Tour, participants stop in Nashville, Tenn. Individuals in the photo include: John Roselli, Blue Bird Corporation, Carol Armstrong, Blue Bird Corporation, Chuck Harvill, Central States Bus Sales, Inc, Atha Comiskey, executive director/coordinator Middle Tennessee Clean Fuels (Clean Cities), Ginger Raffield, Tennessee Propane Gas Association, and other attendees are representatives from Advanced Propane Inc, Smith County Schools, and Sumner County Schools.
Blue Bird, a provider of school buses with a variety of options and configurations, is traveling from Georgia to Nebraska on its 1,000-mile Propane Road Tour. The program is delivering school buses fueled by propane autogas and raising awareness of the domestically produced alternative transportation fuel. Along the way, Tour participants are stopping at public propane autogas fueling stations to explore the operational savings, environmental benefits, and ease of operation that the propane-powered school buses offer.
Blue Bird is delivering the last of 434 school buses to Student Transportation of America’s (STA) terminal who will be passing them along to Omaha Public Schools. The fuel savings that districts and fleets experience when switching to propane are typically $3,000 to $3,500 per year. STA has purchased over 400 of these propane-powered buses to service Omaha Pubilc Schools.
