EPA has provided the grant under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act. In addition to EPA’s grant, US Airways plans to spend more than $3.5m to replace the older shuttle buses.
The deployment of the new shuttle buses is expected to eliminate more than 1.18 tons of nitrous oxide, 1,540 tons of carbon dioxide, and .02 tons of particulate matter from the local air.
The clean diesel project, designed to decrease ground level ozone and particle pollution, will address several health issues by using more efficient shuttle buses to serve the passengers at the airport.
EPA mid-Atlantic regional administrator Shawn Garvin said that replacing the buses with high efficiency diesel powered ones will bring about cleaner, healthier air for visitors to the Philadelphia International Airport.
“By partnering with the Philadelphia Airport and US Airways we are able to make some progress in reducing diesel emissions — a challenge that faces most cities in our mid-Atlantic region,” Garvin said.
