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# Big Blue Bus gets a makeover
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/big-blue-bus-gets-a-makeover/
- Published: 2007-07-24T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:21:39.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

The Big Blue Bus looks to go greener, and this week could represent another step toward the company’s mission to clean up the city’s air. The public transit line will revamp 67 New Flyer busses, equipping the vehicles with environmentally friendly diesel emission control devices, if the Council accepts a local vendor’s bid.

Ironman Parts & Services is recommended as the best bidder to retrofit the 1997 diesel busses with a California Air Resource Board approved device. The emissions control device will reduce particulate matter emissions by at least 85 percent, and decrease the release of nitrogen oxide by 25 percent.

While the project could total a costly $1,659,234, funds of up to $577,965 might be reimbursable by a grant sponsored by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 24, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/072407.pdf?ref=smdp.com)