{"id":13320,"date":"2012-09-06T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T20:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=13320"},"modified":"2012-09-06T15:51:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T20:51:00","slug":"we-have-the-coolest-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/06\/we-have-the-coolest-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"We have the coolest bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Twin Cities Metro Transit (which we voted some time ago to call &#8220;The T&#8221; but still haven&#8217;t really started doing yet) has added a very cool bus to its fleet.  It is Minnesota Made which is nice, and super efficient in part for reasons that I had not realized were important.  From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metrotransit.org\/xcelsior.aspx\">T&#8217;s web site<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Advanced engine and hybrid technology<\/li>\n<li>Optimized onboard systems for improved efficiency<\/li>\n<li>Reduced emissions from less time spent idling<\/li>\n<li>Less idling + more efficiency = buses that run cleaner and pollute less<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unlike other buses, even some hybrids, the Xcelsior uses super efficient All Electric components, many that eliminate power-sucking hydraulic systems. Instead, itt uses an all Electric HVAC system, electric power steering rather than hydraulic and an electric air compressor to power pneumatic accessories like doors and airbrakes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Twin Cities Metro Transit (which we voted some time ago to call &#8220;The T&#8221; but still haven&#8217;t really started doing yet) has added a very cool bus to its fleet. It is Minnesota Made which is nice, and super efficient in part for reasons that I had not realized were important. From the T&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/06\/we-have-the-coolest-bus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">We have the coolest bus<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5020],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-3sQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13320"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}