Ride a Motorcoach -- The Greenest Approach

By supporting motorcoach transportation, which is the most fuel-efficient way to travel, you might just help save an ice cap or two.

ABA and the motorcoach industry is doing its part to stop habitats from melting away. When you go by motorcoach, you go green. Whether running on various blends of ultra-low sulfur or biodiesel fuel, motorcoaches are part of America's energy solution.

Today's motorcoach is a model of environmental stewardship. On a per passenger basis, motorcoaches have superior passenger fuel efficiency compared to all other transportation sectors.

Adding to their already energy-efficient record, the EPA now requires that motorcoaches manufactured in 2007 and beyond be equipped with emissions-lowering technology that vastly reduces emissions of both particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxide (NOx). All new motorcoches equipped with 2007 diesel engines are vastly greener than their predecessors.

Efficiency Facts

• Each motorcoach has the potential of removing 55 autos from the highway. That's millions of cars not driven, saving fuel, cutting emissions, reducing congestion, and maybe saving a penguin.
• Motorcoaches currently provide 184 passenger miles per gallon (MPG), more than double the second most fuel-efficient sector, commuter rail at 86 passenger MPG. Transit buses achieve 32 passenger MPG, domestic air carriers achieve 42 passenger MPG, and single passenger automobiles achieve 28 passenger MPG.
• Motorcoaches produce carbon emissions of only 56 grams per passenger, compared to 371 grams for a passenger car.
• Motorcoaches use 946 BTUs per passenger mile, compared to 3,890 for planes and 2,134 for trains
• Motorcoaches emit the least carbon dioxide (CO2) per passenger mile when compared to other vehicles. Carbon dioxide emissions are reduced by an average of 85% per passenger mile for every person who chooses motorcoach travel instead of driving alone.