“The Foundation for International Understanding has been working with Northwest Bus lines for the past 6 months. We have found the busses are always very clean and in good working order.
The drivers that this company are using are absolutely exceptional, professional dressed, very polite they go above and beyond for their customers. I would highly recommend this company.”
-Marilyn Astle, Area Manager
"NorthWest Bus Lines are the best bus service I have ever experienced in the past 7 years. Great customer service. Pleasant, polite and hospitable drivers. Best price around. I will definitely use then again in the future."
Shawn Driedger, Youth Pastor
“NorthWest Bus Lines (NW Bus Service) was On Time; Friendly and Courteous; and my Group of Vets were most impressed with the overall experience... Thanks a lot for your help... if I need similar transportation in the future, I know who to call!”
-Reg Daws, Pacific Group AFAC
NorthWest Bus Lines is qualified, committed and prepared to furnish your organization with all of its ground transportation requirements.
NorthWest Bus Lines
Serving: Hope . Chilliwack . Abbotsford Mission . Maple Ridge. Langley . Surrey Coquitlam . Vancouver
Phone: 604.795.7443
Fax: 604.392.9525
Email: info@nwbusline.com
Carbon Footprint
ARE you worried about your carbon footprint? Do you know how big it is? Do you even know you have one?
A carbon footprint is defined as the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). *
In other words: When you drive a car, the engine burns fuel which creates a certain amount of CO2, depending on its fuel consumption and the driving distance. Your carbon footprint is the sum of all emissions of CO2 (carbon dioxide), which were induced by your activities in a given time frame. Usually a carbon footprint is calculated for the time period of a year. The best way to understand this is to calculate the carbon dioxide emissions based on the fuel consumption.
Each of the following activities add 1 kg of CO2 to your personal carbon footprint:
- Travel by public transportation or charter (train or bus) a distance of 10 to 12 km (6.5 to 7 miles)
- Drive with your car a distance of 6 km or 3.75 miles (assuming 7.3 litres of gasoline per 100 km or 39 mpg)
- Fly with a plane a distance of 2.2 km or 1.375 miles
- Operate your computer for 32 hours (60 Watt consumption assumed)
- Production of 5 plastic bags
- Production of 2 plastic bottles
- Production of 1/3 of a Cheeseburger (yes, the production of each cheeseburger emits 3.1 kg of CO2!)
Now, what do these numbers really mean? It's simple:
Let's take one (1) bus that carries 46 passengers. If it was to travel from the Eastern Fraser Valley to Vancouver and back, you would travel 200 km. That would mean that we would add 20kg of CO2 to the atmosphere (200km / 10km per CO2 = 20kg of CO2).
Now take that same trip, but do it in cars. You would need 12 cars with 4 people in them to get there and back. That same trip would cause you to add 400kg of CO2 to the atmosphere (200km / 6km per CO2 = 33.3kg of CO2 x 12 Cars = 400kg of CO2).
The numbers are staggering.
What does this mean for you and our environment? Plenty.
Save money. Save the planet. Save the hassle. Be Green!
Be Green, think NorthWest Bus Lines.
* source: timeforchange.org