Electric buses
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Video: Trolley Buses are Great Nuts-and-Bolts Transit
The Armchair Urbanist says San Francisco already has a great solution for transit. Let's stop looking for magic technologies and do more of it
January 15, 2025
What Would Happen if We Electrified Every Bus in America?
...and what would it take to actually do it?
May 14, 2024
Study: Trolley Buses with Batteries are the Best Path to Zero Emissions
A new study shows that preserving and building on the city's trolley bus system is also the best way to achieve improved Muni service
July 14, 2023
Everybody Wants an Electric School Bus
Applicants for the first $500 million from the federal Clean School Bus Program requested almost $4 billion.
February 16, 2023
More Electric Bus Chargers Come Online in Southern California
Recent electric bus success stories from Anaheim and the L.A. Unified School District
January 18, 2023
US DOT Will Double the Nation’s Electric Bus Fleet (But It Will Still Be Tiny)
Some of the money will go to supercharge the construction of green transit facilities and programs to train workers on new technologies, but federal officials emphasized that the vast majority will go towards the purchase of clean vehicles themselves.
August 16, 2022
All California Transit Vehicles Must Be Zero Emission by 2040
California Air Resources Board pass regulation while recognizing need for incentives, funding, technical assistance, infrastructure to help agencies transition to clean vehicles
December 14, 2018
Why Are We Still Waiting for Electric Buses?
In China, fleets of super-efficient electric buses roam cities. In the U.S. we're just getting started.
December 7, 2018
CA Air Resources Board Approves Plan for Spending VW Mitigation Fee
CARB will focus its share of the VW settlement on jump-starting electric vehicle technology for freight and transit vehicles.
May 29, 2018
Foothill Transit Launches New Long-Range Proterra Electric Bus Service
Foothill Transit now running Proterra's Catalyst E2 electric bus, which has a 254-mile range.
November 6, 2017
