Your Blue Line train may have something in common with a hybrid car
Posted on July 15, 2016
By Matt Rocheleau, Boston Globe
We’re going hybrid. Andrew D. Brennan, Director of Energy and Environment for the MBTA, has been working with a third party company in order to get the subway system working more like hybrid cars. After a year of testing, T officials estimated that the new process of storing and recycling energy in just one T station results in a 10% reduction of energy used or $20,000 in savings. Read more in the Boston Globe >>
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