Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz says the city will use $9.5 million in federal stimulus money to buy more diesel-electric hybrid buses.
Cieslewicz says the city plans to buy 18 more of the buses. It bought its first five hybrid buses in 2007.
Each hybrid bus costs $500,000, or $180,000 more than a regular bus.
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But Cieslewicz says the hybrids will replace existing buses and help reduce emissions because they use 30 percent less diesel fuel than regular buses. He says that will help Dane County lower its level of air pollution.
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