City of Houston Prius

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  1. bethmaup

    bethmaup New Member

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    I left my son's house in Houston today to drive home to Austin. On 610 I saw a white Prius with what appeared to be a "City of Houston" emblem on its side. Was it that, or was it some commercial vehicle with a really official looking sign on the door? (Traffic was more awful than usual.) Does Houston have a Prius fleet?

    Beth
     
    #1 bethmaup, Jun 30, 2005
  2. prion

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    They do have some city of houston owned priuses. Dont know if its a fleet.
     
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    It's a fleet, and the city has more on order.

    I believe it's only the city housing and permit departments that use them at the moment.
     
    #3 obiwan, Jul 1, 2005
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    There was an article in the Houston Chronicle a few months back about the City of Houston buying new Priuses (Mayor Bill White owns a black 2004 model). I was going to post it here on PriusChat but there was a copyright declaration on the web page and I never got any reply from my email to the Chronicle for permission to publish it here.
     
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