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Mobile County School System Honored

for Alternative Fuel Bus Fleet

obile County Public Schools was honored at the Southeast Diesel Collaborative’s 12 Annual
Partners Meeting in Atlanta with a Fleet Leadership Award.
Mobile County Public Schools has acquired 80 propane-powered school buses to replace
Mold diesel-powered buses in its fl eet. These units were replaced by new Blue Bird Propane
Vision buses supplied by BusWorx and equipped with ROUSH CleanTech propane fuel system engines.
Mark Bentley, executive director of the Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition, accepted the award for
the Mobile system. “The Mobile County Public Schools system has long been a leader in the state in work-
ing toward a cleaner Alabama,” Bentley said. “This award just reinforces how proud we are to be partners
with the system and with Pat Mitchell, Mobile County Public Schools’ Transportation Director.”
The Mobile County Schools system put 30 new buses in service for the 2014-15 school year and
added 50 more units for the 2015-16 year. The school system transports 26,000 students to and from school
daily. Before choosing to fuel with propane autogas, the district’s transportation department performed a
comprehensive evaluation. This process included safety research, cost savings analysis, as well as envi-
ronmental impact. The transportation department educated school offi cials, bus drivers, elected offi cials,
the students and community on
the advantages of using buses
with cleaner burning engines for
student transportation. CONNECTIONS
Each new bus will dis-
place about 40,000 gallons of FOR AMERICA’S
diesel and emit 150,000 fewer
pounds of carbon dioxide over its EN RGY
lifetime.
“I would like to congrat-
ulate Mobile County Schools on
receiving the Fleet Leadership
Award,” Todd Mouw, vice pres- Max Johnson
Supply & Asset Manager
ident of sales and marketing at Southeast
ROUSH CleanTech. “The school max.johnson@crestwoodlp.com
D: (816) 329.5316
district is continuing to lead Ala- C: (913) 972.5721
bama toward a cleaner future Yahoo ID: maxjohnson1248
ICE ID: mjohnson31
with its adoption of low emissions
propane school buses. These new
alternatively fueled buses have
the lowest nitrogen oxide levels of
any school bus engine, which is a
big step in reducing diesel emis-
sions and clearing the air around
its students and community.” ■
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