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Earth Day 2025: Motorcoach Sustainability Hub

Social Media | Apr 22 | All Day

For Earth Day 2025, the American Bus Association encourages its members to share resources about the eco-friendly benefits of motorcoach travel through social media posts, blog posts, newsletters, and more.

The ABA Foundation (ABAF) and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) analyzed energy emissions and the amount of pollutants released to evaluate the environmental performance of motorcoach operations. The results found that motorcoaches are an eco-friendlier way to travel than vanpooling (van-carpooling), passenger cars, light rail, and ferry boats. The full report can be found here.

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ABA Blog Post

Share the latest blog post highlighting the key findings in a simple, digestible format.

Driving Toward a Greener Future with Motorcoach Travel: Research reveals that motorcoach rides are one of the most sustainable ways to travel

ABA Visual Graphics

ABA’s visual graphics compare each transportation method’s energy emissions, CO2 production, pollutants released, and passenger mileage.

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Social Media Messaging

Here are examples of social media posts and hashtags you can use on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram for April 22.

When it comes to eco-friendly travel, motorcoaches set the standard:

  • 🚗 Cars use 8x more energy.
  • 🚐 Vans only cover ½ the passenger miles per diesel gallon.
  • ⛴️ Ferry boats emit 19x more nitrogen oxides.
  • 🚆 Light rail produces 7x more CO2.

The road to a greener Earth starts with one trip. Learn more: bit.ly/m/ABAFoundation

How much energy does your ride use? In their latest report, the American Bus Association Foundation and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute measured energy use per passenger mile:

  • Passenger cars: 5482 BTU
  • Light rail: 2725 BTU
  • Vanpool: 1425 BTU
  • Motorcoach: only 710 BTU

Next time, take an energy-efficient motorcoach ride. Find out why we are the more sustainable choice at bit.ly/m/ABAFoundation.

Motorcoaches are only becoming more eco-friendly. Between 2019 and 2021, a recent study found a 30% drop in pollutants due to older vehicles being replaced by newer buses.

Want to know more about how green we are? Read the report.

Hashtag Ideas

#ABAEarthDay
#BusesMoveGreen
#MotorcoachSustainability
#GreenTravel
#EcofriendlyRides
#Ride

Sources: @American Bus Association Foundation (ABAF) and @Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI).

The American Bus Association serves a thriving industry that provides nearly 600 million passenger trips annually on charters, tours, scheduled service, and shuttles. Membership in ABA includes motorcoach operators, tour operators, tourism-related organizations, and products and service suppliers.

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