Some of these companies had previously considered running their own bus programs, but found the prospect to be too expensive.
She is working, for example, with four elementary schools to start a "walking school bus" program next year.
"Hopefully," he said, "more rail will come on line and we'll have a robust bus program to get fans to the game".
"Whatever we gained by the C.N.G. bus program we are losing due to the influx of diesel cars," said Sunita Nairain, director of the New Delhi-based CeNew Delhi-basede aNew Delhi-based
"Back in the 90's we tried marketing to the train, offering some of the incentives similar to bus programs, and we got nowhere".
After he completed the bus program, Hafiz Handzalah, a Sungei Pelek ninth grader, persuaded his father to buy a computer for him to use at home.
Officials said that the cost of the bus program would be minimal, since the drivers are already paid for more hours than they actually work.
The bus program is typically built around an eight-hour course delivered in one-hour installments to 20 children at a time.
Mr. Warsh said the agency tried the bus program, called Rack 'n' Roll, in the southern part of the state because it is served by a single bus garage, making the program easy and economical.
Mrs. Whitman retaliated against Mr. Lynch by denying financing to three programs he had requested in his hometown, New Brunswick: a $100,000 community shuttle bus program, $100,000 for a housing rehabilitation program and $100,000 for street lighting.
