T. Boone Pickens was the featured speaker at a luncheon celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Fort Worth, Texas Transportation Authority – known as “The T.”
The lunch was sponsored by the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce and attracted over 400 people. Boone and the Executive Director of The T, Dick Rudell, had a conversation in which Boone congratulated The T for having had the foresight to commit to converting its bus fleet to compressed natural gas (CNG) 20 years ago.
Boone told the crowd about his appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. When the subject of bus fleets came up, Boone said that the DART – the Dallas transportation authority – was still using buses burning diesel and 30 miles away The T had been on natural gas for 20 years.
“I told Jay,” Boone said, “If DART stays with diesel buses for its fleet, I may have to move to Fort Worth!” which brought a great round of applause from the Fort Worth crowd.
— The Pickens Team