The collaboration plans to leverage Nuvve’s technology and Stonepeak’s and Evolve’s capital through Levo to offer fully financed, V2G-enabled BYD medium- and heavy-duty electric fleet vehicles.
Unvaccinated employees will now be required to test weekly for COVID-19.
These specialists will add to teams that are already deployed on the system to assist individuals experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental illness.
TriMet is the public agency that operates mass transit and paratransit for most of the Portland metropolitan area.
The 4.3-mile extension adds three new stations to the system, with one at each of Northgate, Roosevelt, and U District. Trips are 13 minutes from Northgate to downtown Seattle.
This initiative will help TransLink reach its goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80% by 2050. This program also helps reduce car dependency and congestion.
The buses deliver on the agency’s Zero-Emission Bus Rollout Plan, designed to transition its fleet to 100% zero-emission by 2040, in accordance with the California Air Resources Board’s Innovative Clean Transit regulation.
Contract services began Oct. 1 and will cover an initial period of three years with two additional one-year options.