Re: Re: Brisbane trams, and "Windsplitters"

On Sun, 09 Sep 2001 13:52:29 -0700, Peter wrote:

CNG is something some American transit systems are using to power their
buses. It's a pain in the [g]as...I hope Oz systems don't ever have to go
that route.

A significant part of the State Transit bus fleet in Sydney is now
using CNG without any particular problem.

See... http://www.sydneybuses.nsw.gov.au/sb.fleet.html

While you are there, make sure to check out "11: Mercedes Benz Mk5
Tram Bus" (obligatory tram contents satisfied).

where do we fuel them

Presumably at the bus depots/garages. Is that a problem?

and how much more running time do we have to add with CNG buses.

Why would you have to add running time?

While the street gradients generally aren't on quite the same scale an
S.F., none the less Sydney is quite a hilly city and good hill
climbing ability has always been an essential characteristic for any
successful Sydney street transit vehicle design!

The pro-CNG-at-any-cost types don't have answers for
that one...

This is perhaps a local political issues?!? There is not any sort of
technical issues as far as I'm aware!

Cheers,

Bill


Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia

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