INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS: BRIEFS Clean Diesel Key to Economic Growth,
Congressional Subcommittee Told Te Diesel Technology Forum testified before the House Highway and
Transit Subcommittee in February that clean diesel technology continues to be the “overwhelming choice” for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and will be so for the next several decades. Te subcommittee hearing discussed the topic of “Improving the Nation's
Highway Freight Network.” Allan Schaeffer of the DTF provided in written testimony a statistic that 98 percent of trucks and equipment are powered by ultra-low sulfur diesel because the fuel is more energy dense, which increases efficiency in the engine. A similar percentage of the 480,000 school buses in the nationwide fleet are also powered by diesel. But diesel advocates point out that clean diesel and the new engine after-
treatment technologies offer similar emissions reductions as the alternative fuels, noting the newest diesel engines have nearly eliminated particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen that contribute to smog. “Our nation is in the increasingly favorable position of being able to deter- mine our energy future, from expanded use of domestically produced oil and natural gas to renewable energy sources such as high-quality bio-based diesel fuels,” Schaeffer wrote. “All of these fuels will be important in the future, and the diesel engine is the foundation for taking advantage of this position for energy-efficient goods movement or infrastructure development.” He added that clean diesel has helped sustain 1.25 million jobs and, in 2009, helped generate $186 billion in national income.
NEW WYOMING LAW CALLS FOR SCHOOL BUS VIDEO CAMERAS
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n March 7 Gov. Matt Mead signed a bill into law that requires Wyoming school districts to equip new school buses with video systems by the 2015-2016 school year. House Bill 5, now Enrolled Act 23, is designed to target motorists who illegally pass stopped buses. It won final approval from the state Senate on March 3.
Te measure would appropriate up to $5 million to
equip all 1,700 school buses in the state with internal and external video systems. David Koskelowski, Wyoming state director of trans-
portation, said that about half of the state's buses already have video cameras either mounted inside the bus or at the stop arm.
It is estimated that school buses stopped for loading and
unloading are passed illegally about 52,000 times annually in Wyoming. On Dec. 20, 2011, 11-year-old MaKayla Ma- rie Strahle of Crowheart was struck and killed by a passing motorist who failed to stop for her school bus. Strahle's classmates were instrumental in promoting legislation that would improve safety in and around school buses.
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