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PVTA tries hybrid bus

By Jessica Bloustein

Holyoke, MA – The Pioneer Valley Transit Authority ran its first diesel-electric hybrid bus this week on the Holyoke to Springfield line. Adding it to the P-V-T-A'S one hundred eighty-five bus fleet may change everything about the region's transit system.

W-A-M-C's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Jessica Bloustein reports.