2000: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board Chair Yvonne Brathwaite Burke announces that the agency has acquired its 1,000th compressed natural gas (CNG) bus.
![Burke 1,000th CNG bus](https://i0.wp.com/metroprimaryresources.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/0602_cngburke.jpg?resize=297%2C343&ssl=1)
The white and gold coach bursts through a huge banner to welcoming applause at the Arthur Winston Division.
More information regarding the day’s events can be found in the June 2, 2000 MyMetro news digest.