Low-Polluting Vehicles to Shuttle Athletes, Officials, and Spectators In order to keep car emissions low at and around Olympic venues, athletes and officials will be transported in low-emission vehicles. These vehicles are friendlier to the environment than gasoline-powered cars, which give off a lot of nitrogen oxide and heat-trapping carbon dioxide. There will be 60 cars that run on natural gas, 41 "hybrid" buses using a combination of electricity and diesel fuel, and 3 electric cars. The total of 104 ecology-conscious vehicles to be used at the Nagano Games is more than at any of the previous Games. The hybrid buses will also be used to shuttle spectators to and from Olympic venues and various locations in the city of Nagano. Low-emission vehicles are still a rarity in Japan, and organizers hope they will attract a lot of attention from Olympic visitors.

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