Think Twice Before Snubbing Your Green Nose at a Bus

One of the VFg3 sales reps attended the National Tour Association (NTA) Annual Convention in Kansas City (Nov. 2 - 6) and came back with groovy green facts about motor coaches (aka: buses). Now don't be snubbing your nose at the concept of traveling on a motor coach. These aren't your grandma's buses these days. Coaches are comfortable, provide a smooth ride, and best of all, someone else is driving while you nap. Besides, motor coaches these days are a good thing for the environment.

Our VFg3 sales rep extraordinaire heard from Motor Coach Industries (MCI), whose slogan is "Go Green, Go Coach, Go MCI," to learn how they're decreasing their impact to our planet.

For instance, did you know one motor coach can potentially remove 56 cars from the road?

More shocking is that the U.S. transportation system accounts for one-third of the U.S.'s greenhouse gas emissions, that's more than 515 million tons of CO2 annually!

These and other factoids are found at the MCI's green facts page.

In September of this year, the American Bus Association (ABA) released the "Penguin Packet" to launch the "Save a Penguin, Take a Motorcoach" campaign. According to the packet, motor coaches are:

• Almost seven times more energy and fuel efficient than single-occupancy.
• Five times more efficient than transit buses.
• Three times more efficient than commuter rail.

Think motor coaches, they're a good shade of green!