6 SHUTTLE BUSES ORDERED FOR AIRPORT.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer BURBANK - Officials at Bob Hope Airport Bob Hope Airport (IATA: BUR, ICAO: KBUR, FAA LID: BUR) is a regional and national airport located in Burbank, California, United States. It was formerly known as United Airport (1930-1934); Union Air Terminal (1934-1940); said Thursday that $1.2 million will be spent on six new diesel buses that will shuttle shuttle: see loom. shuttle In the weaving of cloth, a spindle-shaped device used to carry the crosswise threads (weft) through the lengthwise threads (warp). Not all modern looms use a shuttle; shuttleless looms draw the weft from a nonmoving supply. passengers between remote parking lots and the terminal. The airport's current fleet of nine buses, which operate 16 hours per day, was put into service between 1994 and 1997. When the new buses arrive, two will increase the operating fleet to a total of 11 buses, while four will replace unreliable old buses. ``They are already well past their standard life, and they are becoming increasingly unreliable and prone to break down. We really should have replaced them earlier,'' said Victor Gill gill, in weights and measures gill, in weights and measures: see English units of measurement. , a spokesman for the airport authority. Airport commissioners originally approved the purchase in June, but questions arose about the environmental impact of diesel pollution they might cause. But at Tuesday's meeting, commissioners received a report indicating the new buses will have newer, less-polluting engines and will be retrofitted with a pollution-control device. They will emit TO EMIT. To put out; to send forth, 2. The tenth section of the first article of the constitution, contains various prohibitions, among which is the following: No state shall emit bills of credit. five times less nitrogen oxides Noun 1. nitrogen oxide - any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials; present in car exhausts pollutant - waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil than the old buses do, Gill said. Charles Lombardo, president of the airport commission, said commissioners made the right decision in purchasing the new buses. ``We got some very old buses off the street, very old polluting pol·lute tr.v. pol·lut·ed, pol·lut·ing, pol·lutes 1. To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter. See Synonyms at contaminate. 2. buses,'' he said. Burbank City Councilman Todd Todd , Sir Alexander Robertus 1907-1997. British chemist. He won a 1957 Nobel Prize for his study of nucleic acids and nucleotide structures. Campbell has been critical of the purchase of the diesel buses. ``If they never intended to purchase hybrid-electric buses, they should be buying natural gas buses,'' Campbell said. He added that he is looking to the airport to immediately proceed with getting a hybrid-electric bus for demonstration purposes. The first bus will be delivered in November, and then the airport will receive one bus a month until it has all six. Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com |
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