Sentences with phrase «emissions buses»

The zero - emission buses now run in these and eight other European cities.

The advancement and subsequent increased adoption of zero emission buses into fleet operations has worked to continually accelerate the market for these buses.

In addition to recorded decreases in equipment maintenance costs, zero emission buses also run quieter than conventional buses, reducing noise pollution in the areas they service.

There is a notable absence of zero emission buses in central United States.

CTE Hosts International Zero Emission Bus Conference Dec 13, 2016 Next - Gen Transportation News (Oxford, CT) According to CTE, more than 250 people from 22 countries attended the clean transit event, where public and private sectors showcase considerations for the expansion of zero - emission bus technology.

Further demonstrating China's zero emissions bus industry's growth is BYD, one of China's largest battery technology companies.

Enabling rapid expansion of the zero emission bus market in U.S. and China would result in mutual environmental and public health benefits.

Louisville Adds 6 All - Electric, Zero - Emission Buses: TARC Now Has 15 Electric Buses Aug 4, 2016 The Lane Report (Lexington, KY) Transit Authority of River City (TARC) has begun adding six new all - electric, zero - emission buses along the Fourth Street corridor between downtown and Iroquois Park in Louisville.

There are currently more than 200 zero - emission buses operating in the U.S.. By 2018, this number will grow to nearly 600, based on published awards and sales to date.

The U.S. - China Race to Zero Emissions (R2ZE) Challenge aims to increase the number of zero emission buses used by fleets in the United States and China.

Portland - based TriMet is one of 20 agencies to receive funding in this latest round of federal grants to buy or lease low - emission or no - emission buses from the Federal Transit Administration's Low or No Emission Vehicle Program.

The California Air Resources Board is currently working on a strategy that will increase the number of zero emissions buses throughout the state.

This is in line with LA's recent decision to sign on to a commitment to only purchase zero - emission buses beginning in 2025, and the 25 new Proterra buses will represent a significant part of the city's current 359 - vehicle bus fleet.

Starting in 2025, the Mayors of London, Los Angeles, Paris, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Milan, Seattle and Auckland have promised to only purchase electric or other zero - emission buses for their city fleets, and to make «major areas» of their cities fossil - fuel - free by 2030 at the latest.

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Air Products to Install Hydrogen Station, Fuel Supply for SARTA Sep 29, 2016 Next - Gen Transportation News (Oxford, CT) Air Products, a global supplier of hydrogen to refineries to assist in producing cleaner - burning transportation fuels, says that it will provide a new hydrogen fueling station and liquid hydrogen supply to Stark Area Regional Transit Authority (SARTA) for its zero - emission bus fleet.

According to CTE, more than 250 people from 22 countries attended the clean transit event, where public and private sectors showcase considerations for the expansion of zero - emission bus technology.

Opportunities for Economic Wins for the U.S. and China: U.S. and Chinese companies are already collaborating in the global zero emission bus industry but the R2ZE provides the momentum and the venue needed for even greater collaboration and opportunities for win - win partnerships.

China has already deployed hundreds of zero emission buses in cities like Nanjing and Shenzhen.

The MTA has faced pressure from city lawmakers, namely Councilman Rafael Espinal (D - Brooklyn), who have advocated for the agency to purchase enough zero - emission buses to accommodate commuters disrupted by the 2019 L train shutdown.

The plan includes boosting the purchase of zero - emission buses, getting 1.5 million zero - emission vehicles on the road by 2025 and strengthening the state's low carbon fuel standard by requiring oil companies to reduce the carbon intensity of their fuel 18 percent by 2030.

Elsewhere, zero emission buses are also deployed in transit agencies in the northern Midwest and northern East Coast and some southern states.

Fleets that have deployed zero emission buses have seen a substantial reduction in operational and maintenance costs compared to conventional buses.

For the purpose of this program, a «zero emissions bus» is a bus that operates in electric - only mode, whether the electricity is supplied by batteries or a fuel - cell.

The U.S. - China Race to Zero Emissions (R2ZE) Challenge is a collaborative and friendly competition that encourages transit agencies to take ambitious actions to put a new generation of advanced, non-polluting zero emission buses (ZEBs) on the road in communities across the United States and China.

BYD Adding Capacity and Personnel to Its California Bus and Truck Plant Sep 16, 2016 HybridCars (Toronto, ON) BYD is getting ready to grow its manufacturing plant and presence in the U.S. zero - emission bus and truck market.

Though zero emission buses are proven to have lower maintenance costs and better fuel economy that reduces costs over the long term, transit agencies have expressed concern over the high capital costs.

While the historic U.S. - China Joint Announcement on Climate Change was made in November 2014, both the U.S. and China have had programs that have focused on developing zero emission buses to help reduce greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions.

Zero emission buses are more fuel - efficient than diesel buses.

Zero Emission Buses Sierra Club An overview of zero emission buses, their purpose, and benefit to the environment.

As a result of this expanded bilateral collaboration, the Race to Zero Emissions (R2ZE) Challenge was created to provide a platform where transit operators, industry members, and policymakers can come together to share real world experiences, lessons learned, best practices, and industry insights of deploying zero emission buses.

The transit provider's leadership has committed to putting zero - emissions buses, manufactured by BYD Motors Inc., on Long Beach streets by the end of this year.

A joint initiative that increases demand for zero emission buses in both countries would encourage significant investment and allow U.S. and Chinese manufacturers and suppliers to achieve greater economies of scale at a greater level than one country's market could promote.

Long Beach to Build New Station to Showcase New Zero - Emissions Buses Jul 25, 2016 Press - Telegram (Long Beach, CA) Long Beach Transit's leadership plans to spend nearly $ 1.5 million to build on a new bus station to recharge and show off its incoming fleet of zero - emissions buses.

In order to support the development and maintenance required of a growing market, new jobs have been created in response to the increase in volume of zero emission buses.

By using less fuel while traveling the same distance or even greater than diesel fueled buses, fleets using zero emission buses have the opportunity to reduce their overall fuel costs annually.

Public transit fleets are impacted by government activity and are in a better position to respond to government efforts to promote zero emission buses.

To determine what percentage of a fleet consists of zero emissions buses, the number of eligible ZEBs will be divided by the total active fleet; which includes all buses in revenue service as defined above and all spare buses.

One major obstacle to further electrification is the cost of zero emission buses, which can be more than double that of conventional diesel buses.

Clean, State - of - the - Technology Buses to Hit the Streets Jul 26, 2016 DOT Fast Lane Blog Our years of work researching low or no - emission buses have paid off, providing the basis for FTA this year to oversee an annual grants program with dedicated funding for new technology buses, the Low or No - Emission (Low - No) Bus Competitive Grant Program.

However, with the availability of federal, state, and local funding, transit agencies may be able to overcome this obstacle and subsequently, once the volume of and demand for zero emission buses rises, the overall purchase price of zero emissions buses should fall, making the technology competitive with conventional diesel buses.

Every zero emission bus is able to eliminate 1,690 tons of CO2 over its 12 year lifespan.

These programs and initiatives have resulted in many demonstrations and deployments of zero emission buses in various public and private fleets, which have encouraged further purchasing and use of these buses while collecting data to further advance the technology.

There are several types of zero emission buses that are currently being manufactured.

This is a map of the contiguous United States that shows the approximate location of bus fleets that operate or have ordered zero emission buses that include fuel cell (both fuel cell and battery dominant variants) and all - electric technologies.

And at Boston - Logan, we're helping to purchase 50 new low - emissions buses to shuttle passengers to a new consolidated rental car facility.

«The Race to Zero Emissions is an exciting new bi-national competition that will encourage innovation and accelerate the development of zero emission buses, and, ultimately, trucks,» said Richard Corey, Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board.

Among the California cities and transit properties deploying zero emission buses in quantity are SunLine Transit, AC Transit, Foothill Transit, and the San Joaquin Regional Transit District.

In the past two years zero emission buses have been purchased by a wide array of transit districts including ones in Kentucky, Texas, and California.