Jason Ebert, GO Riteway Transportation Group, presented information on their fleet propane autogas experiences and initiatives for our Propane Autogas Roundtable in Oak Creek, WI.

1. Presented by:
Jason Ebert

2. Who We Are
 Go Riteway is a Transportation Company
 Our Service Vehicles Include
 School Buses
 Airport Shuttles
 Motor coaches
 Mini-Coaches
 Sedans
 Limousine

3. Some of Our Green Initiatives
 We have a Fuel Conservation Policy Implemented
within our company
 We have invested in Self-Sustaining Hybrid buses
 We have invested in Plug-In Electric Vehicles
 We have invested in Using Propane Vans within our
Airport Shuttle Vehicles
 We have also invested in Using Propane within our
school bus services

4. Propane Benefits
 Minimal cost and change to shop procedures and
facilities
 Low cost of conversion and infrastructure
 The ability to maintain a greater range with little loss in
vehicle space for customers
 Sustainability of project after grant funding
 Some of the other factors with propane were:
 90% of U.S. consumption is produced in the U.S.

5. Our Propane Overview
 We then decided that it would be best to install our
own propane re-fueling station with the following
reasons in mind
 Locations currently available
 http://www.afdc.energy.gov/locator/stations/
 Price of buying bulk propane
 Ease of accessibility

6.  We began to look for a propane vendor
 We chose to proceed with Boehlke Bottle Gas
 We used Boehlke Bottle Gas to aid us in researching
and coming up with a plan for the new site
 Site Preparations
 Rules and Regulations
 Training Requirements

7. Airport Shuttle Vehicles
 Currently our Airport Shuttle vans average around
100,000 miles a year each
 We have 45 vans that service Southeastern Wisconsin
with transportation to and from Mitchell International
and O’Hare International Airport
 We Utilize Ford E-350 vans with a 5.4L engine in them
 We chose to go with used 2009 model year vans
 Highlights are hardened exhaust valves and valve seats
on new Ford vehicles
 These vans had mileages between 30,000 to 100,000
miles when we completed the installs

8.  Current Fuel mileages on the vans is about 11.5MPG
over a sample of 2,500,000 miles annually.
 Our current cost of propane is on average less than
$1.50 per gallon with all taxes included
 Our Estimated Return on Investment is less than 5
years (This is the case with and without grant
funding).
 Challenges
 Fuel Range
 Driver Adjustments
 Parts Availability and Turnaround

9. School Bus and Commercial Bus
 1-2013 Microbird 24 Passenger Mini-Coach
 Roush Propane System
 10-2014 Microbird School Buses
 Roush Propane System
 1-2015 Minotour School Bus
 Clean Fuel USA Propane System
 10-2014 Bluebird Vision School Buses
 Roush Propane System

10.  Fuel Economy was less than Expected
 Drop-off was estimated at 30%
 Factors
 Drivers
 Routes
 Vehicles
 Maintenance Differences
 No DEF Fluid 2% per Gallon of Diesel
 No DPF Systems
 Less Oil on Oil Changes and Filter Costs

11. THANK YOU
Jason Ebert
Go Riteway Transportation Group
Jason.Ebert@goriteway.com
www.goriteway.com