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校車艦隊轉換為CNG在密蘇里州/School Bus Fleet Converts to CNG in Missouri
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在美國密蘇里州,李峰會R-7學區慶祝一個獨特的方案,使用替代資源產生資金用于技術基礎設施,以幫助學生成功。方案,其中包括據稱是全美最大的校車使用壓縮天然氣(CNG)過渡,也有利于環境,為納稅人節省了美元。李氏峰會R-7學區交通部門是一個地區的自有船隊的149輛校車,每天運送約12,700名學生。
租后買計劃的一部分,由當地學區采用創新的融資方法,有利于學生和社會的持續重視。該計劃包括安全,節能,高效的校車采用壓縮天然氣(CNG)過渡到一個走向天然氣供電設施維修卡車全電動送貨車區的使用和延續。
學區的交通運輸部和采購及分銷部內的變化將大大降低燃料成本和對外國石油產品的依賴,同時也創造更環保的學區艦隊。
從這個10年的舉措估計的1100萬美元的總儲蓄的部分將用于購買技術基礎設施和設備,這將有利于所有的R-7所學校和設施。
目前正在進行第一階段的開關,以壓縮天然氣為動力的車輛,今年夏天發生的校車過渡和技術升級。其他的車輛過渡階段會發生巴士和車輛是在未來幾年到期更換。

托馬斯建立校車周六-T-班輪顯示HDX CNG在ACT世博2013
柴油動力的校車過渡到由CNG公交車的同時,也通過提供壓縮天然氣的公司,并與校車制造商,包括清潔能源伙伴關系,托馬斯內置巴士和中西部地區客車銷售。通過此次合作,將轉換區以下車輛使用壓縮天然氣在未來的幾年里:
- 149輛公交車,
- 學區冷藏車用于運送食品,
- 約46輛使用區的設施服務的維護和保管的員工。
106 CNG動力公交車交付,2013-14 2014-15學年交付,其余的正在逐步的新巴士。本區的學校巴士行駛約2萬公里,每年整體的R-7校車車齡超過10年之前的CNG動力轉換。
長期的燃料和維修費用估計約為11萬主動與外部資源總額近350萬美元。在每加侖成本而言,目前的估計節省近70%的燃料成本進行比較時,柴油燃料CNG區。
R-7操作CNG公共加油站
該倡議包括建設的壓縮天然氣(CNG)加氣站附近地區的交通運輸部。這家工廠將成為所有學區的車輛,而與公共CNG加氣站提供社區和堪薩斯城都市圈。站,將在2013年秋季向公眾開放,將提供額外的收入為小區自李峰會R-7將接受皇族零售CNG銷售。
區租后買計劃的一部分,目前交通運輸部和設施處建筑旁購買了1.5畝。
In the U.S. State of Missouri, the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District is celebrating a unique program that uses alternative resources to generate funds for technology infrastructure to help students succeed. The program, which includes what is claimed to be the nation’s largest school bus transition to compressed natural gas (CNG), also benefits the environment and saves dollars for taxpayers. The Lee’s Summit R-7 School District Transportation Department is a district owned fleet of 149 school buses transporting approximately 12,700 students daily.
The lease-purchase program is part of a continuing emphasis on using innovative funding methods to benefit students and the community by the local school district. The plan includes transition to safe, energy-efficient school buses powered by compressed natural gas (CNG); a move toward CNG-powered facility maintenance trucks; and continuation of the district’s use of all-electric delivery trucks.
The changes within the school district’s Transportation Department and Purchasing and Distribution Department will greatly reduce both fuel costs and reliance on foreign oil products while also creating a more environmentally friendly school district fleet.
A portion of the estimated $11 million in overall savings from this 10-year initiative will be used to purchase technology infrastructure and equipment that will benefit all R-7 schools and facilities.
The school bus transition and technology upgrades are currently underway with the first phase of the switch to CNG-powered vehicles taking place this summer. Additional phases of the vehicle transition will occur as buses and vehicles are due for replacement in future years.

Thomas Built School Bus Sat-T-Liner HDX CNG on display at ACT Expo 2013
The transition from diesel-powered school buses to buses powered by CNG is also made possible through partnerships with companies providing compressed natural gas and with school bus manufacturers, including Clean Energy, Thomas Built Buses and Midwest Bus Sales. Through this partnership, the district will convert the following vehicles to compressed natural gas over the next few years:
- 149 buses,
- a school district refrigerator truck used for delivery of food items, and
- approximately 46 vehicles used by the district’s Facilities Services maintenance and custodial employees.
The new buses are being phased in with 106 CNG-powered buses being delivered for 2013-14 and the remainder delivered for the 2014-15 school year. The district’s school bus fleet travels approximately 2 million miles each year with the overall R-7 school bus fleet age exceeding 10 years before the CNG-powered conversion.
Long-term fuel and maintenance savings are estimated at approximately $11 million with outside resources for the initiative totaling close to $3.5 million. In terms of cost per gallon, current estimates show the district saving close to 70 percent in fuel costs when comparing diesel fuel to CNG.
R-7 to operate CNG public filling station
The initiative includes construction of a compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station near the district’s Transportation Department. This facility will serve all school district vehicles while providing the community and Kansas City metropolitan area with a public CNG filling station. The station, which will open to the public in fall 2013, will provide additional revenue for the district since Lee’s Summit R-7 will receive a royalty on retail CNG sales.
As part of the lease-purchase initiative, the district purchased 1.5 acres next to the current Transportation Department and Facilities Department buildings.