Mayor’s presser touting new buses goes south after his bus won’t go

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

By Ron Russell | 9:31 AM

Mayor Ed Lee just finished his spiel at a Pier 48 presser yesterday on how the city’s investment in new biodiesel-electric hybrid buses would help alleviate Muni’s horrific breakdown problem with its aging fleet. And then . . . the prototype he boarded for an exalted ride back to City Hall wouldn’t move. Bay City News Service

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Mayor’s presser touting new buses goes south after his bus won’t go

Tuesday, June 18, 2013