CDTA WORKING TO CUT SMOKE EMISSIONS.(MAIN)

Byline: DENNIS J. FITZGERALD Executive director Capital District Transportation Authority Albany -

A recent letter to the editor referred to buses as ``. . . inefficient polluters.'' The writer used the argument in support of an argument for a light-rail system. Buses are surely big and obvious, and it is true that diesel engines sometimes smoke. All internal combustion engines produce emissions. But the pollution allegation deserves closer examination.

Greater use of transit and other shared-ride services has been an integral part of our national effort to clean our air.

For example, when a commuter takes a bus instead of driving alone for one …