The City has been leasing several trolleys for the past nine (9) years in order to accommodate the ridership during the festival season, reaching a high of 9 trolleys leased last year.
The trolleys were received in 2010/2011 and went into service on June 24, 2011
The City of Laguna purchased three (3) heavy-duty liquefied petroleum gas-fueled (LPG) vehicles, funded in part with funds received from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC). The balance of the funding for these trolleys will come from Federal ARRA, City Local Transportation Funds, and AB2766 Subvention Funds. The purpose of the purchase of the LPG vehicles was to reduce the number of trolleys to be leased each year.
The three (3) trolleys will replace three trolleys that the City has been leasing, resulting in a saving of over $50,000 annually, plus maintenance costs. In addition to the new trolleys, the City leased five (5) vehicles this year 2 from 1999, 2 from 2002, and 1 from 2003. The use of alternative fueled vehicles over the vehicles currently leased has reduced the level of NOx g/bhp-hr by 85% when compared to the 2002 and 2003 vehicles, and 92% when compared to the 1999 vehicles, averaging an 88.85% reduction in NOx.