TELL YOUR FRIENDS!
Go Green – Ride Metro

Recent studies show one of the most significant actions people can take to reduce their carbon footprint is to
reduce their driving.

Riding the bus helps to create a
healthier environment by reducing smog-producing pollutants and greenhouses gases.

• Public transportation produces nearly 50% less carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxide
  (NOx), per passenger mile, as private vehicles.*

• Public transportation use in the U.S. saves 1.4 billion gallons of gasoline. This represents
   almost 4 million gallons of gasoline per day.*

METRO IS PART OF THE SOLUTION

Hybrid Buses

Metro is the first system in Wisconsin to add hybridelectric powered buses to its fleet.

What is a hybrid bus?

Hybrid bus motors act like generators. Through a process called "regenerative braking",
energy created while a bus slows or stops is converted to stored electric energy. Forty percent of the energy to accelerate the bus is actually energy saved during the braking process.

Metro currently estimates that hybrid buses get 20 - 30% better gas mileage than regular diesel buses and reduce exhaust emissions by 90%.

• Learn More about Metro Hybrid Buses

Ultra-Low Sulfur Fuel

Metro's entire fleet operates on ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel that reduces hydrocarbon emissions by 75%.

• Learn More about Ultra-Low Sulfur Fuel

Green Power

Metro Transit uses 37% Green Power, which is a combination of windpower and other environmentally-friendly energy-producing sources, to power its administration and maintenance facility.

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*Source – American Public Transportation Association