Ride to Ryde by Electric Buses!

By JOHN F BOOTH AM
Editor, The Weekly Times

Environmentally friendly clean and efficient electric buses could run on the Ryde route to the city within a year with State Government initiative and support.

This was claimed by leading transport engineer and National President of the Electric Vehicles Association of Australia Mr Roy Leembruggen at last week’s World Oil Crisis Forum in Ryde.

Forum was organised by Sydney St George’s Guild of former Scouts and Guides at the Guilds headquarters historic “Addington” Victoria Road Ryde and attended by a capacity audience.

Mr Leembruggen said modern advanced electric buses would provide cleaner and more economically and reliable public transport than yesterday’s technology of trams and polluting fossil fuelled vehicles.

The Weekly Times introduced Mr Leembruggen to NSW Transport Minister, Deputy Premier and Ryde MP John Watkins over a year ago and is still awaiting a favourable response.

Otherwise he’ll have no alternative but to go to the shadow minister for Transport Barry O’Farrell and Opposition Leader Peter Debnam.

Electric vehicle expert Roy Leembruggen, centre, at last Tuesday’s Oil Crisis Forum at historic “Addington” pictured with l to r The Weekly Times editor John F Booth AM, St George’s Guild of Sydney members Margaret Blair, Howard Blair, Ulrike Eichmeyer, Guildmaster Rusty Russell OAM and Neita Matthews. TWT on-the-spot PHOTO.

Clean and Green

Elroy Engineering’s Townobile battery and overhead electric bus is 80 percent cheaper to run than existing conventional buses with zero noise and pollution. Various models have from 120 up to 365 passengers capacity.

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