Seattle's New RapidRide Caterpillar
Photo "Metro RapidRide Front-Side View" courtesy of Seattle Transit Blog's Flickr pool member majinandoru with amateur computer painted artwork by Seattlest.
Is it just us, or does King County Metro Transit's spiffy new hybrid-electric bus look a lot like a giant caterpillar? The larva bus is just one of sixteen brand-new, eco-friendly buses Metro will debut in 2010, thanks to a $13.8 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration.
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