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KCATA Opens CNG Bus Fueling Station
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) marked the opening of its Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling station—the largest fast-fill station in Missouri and the bi-state Kansas City region—on Aug. 27.
KCATA currently operates 17 CNG buses, with another eight arriving this month. The station allows buses to be fueled in less than seven minutes and ultimately will allow KCATA to fill more than 200 buses nightly. Clean Energy will monitor and maintain the fueling station through a partnership with the agency.
“The move from diesel fuel to CNG will result in cleaner air and significant cost savings,” said Dick Jarrold, KCATA vice president of regional planning and development. The agency estimates that the move from diesel to CNG fuel will save up to $500,000 in fuel in 2015 and up to $4 million per year once the fleet is fully converted over the next dozen years. The agency is phasing in CNG vehicles as current buses are retired.
The fueling station cost $3.2 million, of which 80 percent came from a federal Urbanized Area Formula Grant.
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KCATA officials, from left, Dick Jarrold, vice president of regional planning and development, board Chairman Robbie Makinen, and Interim General Manager Sam Desue highlight the savings the agency will see with the transition to CNG-fueled buses. |
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