MAKING THE BIG SWITCH

This article describes how Paul Bates, the supervisor of transportation for Illinois' largest school district owned and operated fleet, presented to the Board a long-range plan to convert all buses to diesel power. The School Board listened to his reasons, including improved fuel consumption and extended life of a diesel engine, and approved his conversion plan. Bates credits careful bus specification writing for the success he has obtained in the past two years. In addition to the bus specification, he paid attention to the fuel, installing an 8,000-gallon tank and using a mixture of No. 1 and No. 2 diesel fuel, plus additives, in order to insure that the fuel was properly mixed and monitored.

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  Bobit Publishing Company

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  Redondo Beach, CA  United States  90278
• Publication Date: 1984-3

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • School Bus Fleet
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Bobit Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0036-6501
  • Serial URL: http://schoolbusfleet.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diesel engines; Diesel fuels; Fuel consumption; Life span; School buses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Conversion
• Subject Areas: Energy; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390429
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-036 923
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM