On Sun, 7 May 2006, Harold Hallikainen wrote:

> I live in Santa Maria, CA and work in San Luis Obispo, CA, about 30 miles
> north. The buses have fold down bike racks on the front and back (more
> info at http://www.slorta.org/ccat.htm). Each rack holds 3 bikes. We get
> real close to filling them.
>
> By the way, does anyone have a feel for the passenger miles per gallon (or
> passenger kilometers per liter) for a 50 passenger bus that's full? I
> assume fuel usage does not vary a whole lot with the number of passengers.
> It'd be interesting to know how many passengers we need to be more
> efficient than a car with one person or a car with two people.

A slightly larger bus does 10-15 mpg, less in city traffic. You can look 
it up on the manufacturer's webpages.

Peter
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