MTA Resumes Using 120 Buses Tested After Tank Explosion
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Monday resumed use of compressed natural gas buses that were inspected and tested after an Aug. 21 fuel tank explosion.
The 120 buses were removed from service in Los Angeles last month, and it will take until the end of the month to get the entire fleet back on the streets.
“We are confident, as are the experts who are advising us, that the buses we are putting into service are safe, although the exact cause of the Aug. 21 tank rupture has yet to be determined,” said MTA chief Joe Drew.
Calgary-based EDO Canada Ltd., which manufactured the fuel tank, has reported no similar incidents among any of its 6,000 tanks in use nationwide. Each bus carries a dozen fuel tanks.
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