❓ A parliamentary question regarding Transperth's consideration of LPG buses, revealing a preference for CNG and diesel split due to safety, cost, and manufacturing concerns.
AnsweredQoN 2286Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
(1) Is Transperth considering purchasing LPG buses?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) Does Transperth have a preferred gas/diesel split?
(4) If yes to (3), what is it?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) Does Transperth have a preferred gas/diesel split?
(4) If yes to (3), what is it?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
20 May 2010
Responded by
Minister for Transport
Response time
30 days
(1) No.
(2) LPG buses are not being considered as they are less safe and more expensive to operate than compressed natural gas (CNG) buses or diesel powered buses. There are also no original equipment manufacturers of LPG buses and therefore significant modification of a diesel powered bus would be required to implement this technology. This would potentially have resultant warranty and reliability issues.
(3) Yes.
(4) The preferred split is 50 per cent CNG and 50 per cent diesel.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
http://www.rtlib.com
(2) LPG buses are not being considered as they are less safe and more expensive to operate than compressed natural gas (CNG) buses or diesel powered buses. There are also no original equipment manufacturers of LPG buses and therefore significant modification of a diesel powered bus would be required to implement this technology. This would potentially have resultant warranty and reliability issues.
(3) Yes.
(4) The preferred split is 50 per cent CNG and 50 per cent diesel.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
http://www.rtlib.com
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.