Thanks to our Sponsors
The Bus
Our Biodiesel Motor Coach
Custom built by Motor Coach Industries and generously donated for our use during the tour, our biodiesel motor coach is equipped with a brand-new, Caterpillar C13 diesel engine and fueled by a blend of B20 biodiesel and ultra low sulfur diesel. Read more about the bus
The First “Green Coach”
The Udall Legacy bus rolled into Burlington, Vermont on June 21, where representatives from the University of Vermont certified our motor coach as the country’s first ever “Green Coach.” Our motor coach is a three leaf bus – one leaf for biodiesel, one for a new EPA 2007 compliant engine system, and one for carbon neutrality. Read more about green coach certification.
We’re Carbon Neutral Too
Our motor coach is driven by Lamoille Valley Transportation, a family owned motor coach operator in Vermont—and the first in the world to be carbon neutral. LVT purchases carbon credits to offset their emissions, helping to finance clean, renewable energy that will displace fossil fuel use, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions and CO2 pollution.
This page was last updated Wednesday, June 27, 2007.
Did You Know?
Over 39,000 motor coaches in the U.S. consume an estimated 431 million gallons of diesel fuel annually.
Motor coaches are already an environmentally friendly way to travel, averaging 150 passenger miles per gallon. That’s four times more fuel efficient than air or car travel, and twice as fuel efficient as traveling by train.