科罗拉多州梅萨县大峡谷交通将购3辆无障碍小型巴士：总价758691美元，联邦拨款承担644877美元，每辆可设5个轮椅位
科罗拉多州梅萨县政府 11 月 13 日发布，大峡谷交通（Grand Valley Transit）将购置 3 辆新的无障碍辅助公交小型巴士，联邦拨款承担大部分费用。
梅萨县专员在 10 月 6 日的公开听证会上批准了总额 758691 美元的采购订单。
费用中 85% 来自联邦交通管理局拨款，共 644877 美元；其余 15% 由大峡谷地区交通委员会承担，共 113804 美元。
新车每次最多可载 12 名乘客，并可设置 5 个轮椅位，高于常规的 2 个轮椅位。
这批巴士以压缩天然气为燃料，其中一部分燃料来自大章克申与弗鲁塔之间珀西戈污水处理厂产出的气体。县政府表示，压缩天然气巴士单价比柴油巴士高约 3 万至 5 万美元，但燃料成本较低，可抵消差价。
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（来源：科罗拉多州梅萨县政府）
Mesa County, Colorado: Grand Valley Transit Will Buy Three Accessible Paratransit Buses for 758,691 Dollars, With a Federal Grant Covering 644,877 Dollars and Room for Five Wheelchair Positions per Bus
The Mesa County government in Colorado announced on November 13 that Grand Valley Transit will purchase three new accessible paratransit buses, with a federal grant covering most of the cost.
The Mesa County commissioners approved the 758,691 dollar purchase order at a public hearing on October 6.
Eighty-five percent of the cost comes from a Federal Transit Administration grant of 644,877 dollars, and the remaining 15 percent, 113,804 dollars, comes from the Grand Valley Regional Transportation Committee.
Each bus can carry up to 12 passengers and can be configured with five wheelchair positions, up from the usual two.
The buses run on compressed natural gas, part of it produced at the Persigo Wastewater Plant between Grand Junction and Fruita. The county said compressed natural gas buses cost about 30,000 to 50,000 dollars more than diesel buses, a difference offset by lower fuel costs.
(Source: Mesa County, Colorado)
来源：科罗拉多州梅萨县政府
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图片来源：图：一辆无障碍接驳巴士放下轮椅升降台，摄于犹他州锡安国家公园（资料图）。美国国家公园管理局，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: An accessible shuttle bus deploying its wheelchair lift at Zion National Park, Utah (file photo). National Park Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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