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MARTA - NEXT STEPS. MOVING TO THE 21 ST CENTURY. Bus Maintenance Facilities. Brady. Perry. *. *. *. Laredo. Browns Mill & Hamilton. *. BMHM / Hamilton Garage.
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MARTA - NEXT STEPS MOVING TO THE 21ST CENTURY
Bus Maintenance Facilities Brady Perry * * * Laredo Browns Mill & Hamilton *
BMHM / Hamilton Garage Browns Mill is a CNG capable Heavy Maintenance Facility, Hamilton is currently diesel only, but is scheduled for conversion to CNG within the next 2 years.
Laredo Garage Laredo Garage after CNG conversion
Perry Garage Perry Garage – the first CNG Garage in the SE. 189 buses in 1996, 118 CNG with 156 runs peak
COMPRESSORS • PERRY FACILITY HAD FIRST MANIFOLDED ELECTRONICALY CONTROLLED STATION IN CONUS (1996), UPGRADE IN PROGRESS • 3 EACH 1200CFM GEMENI • CAT 3408 DRIVE ENGINES • LAREDO DRIVE COMPLETE IN 2001 • 4 EACH ANGI SINGLE FRAME 1100CFM • CAT 3408 DRIVE ENGINES • DIFFERENT MANIFOLD AND VALVE PANEL FOR GREATER EFFICIENCY
Next Steps • Current incentives are good • Need national policy on trading mobile to stationary emission credits • Need to concentrate on heavy duty applications – buses, garbage trucks, concrete trucks etc. • Focus on large stations, many users • Focus on university markets –MARTA fuels Emory, GT, Georgia State, TMA vehicles