Montgomery County adds green Ride On buses

Published December 19, 2011 5:00am ET



Montgomery County added 13 new environmentally friendly buses using $6.55 million in federal stimulus funds. Twelve of the buses are hybrid electric-diesel buses and one is clean diesel, County Executive Ike Leggett announced Monday.

With the additions, 64 percent of the county’s 339 Ride On buses are “green” — 18 percent hybrids, 27 percent compressed natural gas and 19 percent clean diesel.

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