NEW STUDY SHOWS MOTORCOACHES ACHIEVE 200+ MPG PER RIDER
With this outcome coaches provide a better fuel efficiency among the various travel models researched – 14 in total. Motorcoaches lead every other of these travel modes in terms of their fuel efficiency on a per-passenger basis, averaging more than 200 passenger miles per gallon (70 per liter), according to a new study by MJ Bradley & Associates released by the American Bus Association Foundation.
The new 2008 MJ Bradley & Associates study, "Updated Comparison of Energy Use & Emissions From Different Transportation Modes," shows that motorcoaches offer a whopping 206.6 passenger MPG, the highest of 14 modes studied.
On average, motorcoaches use the least amount of energy and produce the lowest carbon dioxide emissions per passenger mile of any of the transportation modes analyzed, the study confirms. Among the 14 modes studied, personal automobiles averaged 22.4 passenger MPG, SUVs 15 passenger MPG, and hybrid cars 46 passenger MPG.
“At a time when automakers are now asking for a taxpayer bailout for their failure to produce energy-efficient vehicles, the motorcoach manufacturers and the independent bus operators who provide more than 700 million passenger trips annually continue to be the greenest way to go, with virtually no federal subsidy," said ABAF President Peter J. Pantuso.