From zero-emission buses to providing people opportunities for personal growth, the agency continues to weave its way into the fabric of the communities it serves while also remaining good environmental stewards.
With a total of nine active service zones, the agency’s SmaRT Ride program ensures residents across Sacramento County have access to cleaner, more convenient, and cost-efficient transportation options.
SB 551, sponsored by the Transportation Electrification Partnership and Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, would accelerate equitable adoption of electric vehicles statewide.
Other state cap-and-trade funding would expand the agency’s college pass program and help in testing electric buses.
As part of the tour, one of the transit authority’s hydrogen fuel cell-powered buses will be loaded on a trailer and driven cross-country where it will make a 10-day swing through the Golden State.
The delivery comes after the two companies enter into an exclusive purchase agreement for a total of 150 EV Star Cab and Chassis units.
The companies’ electric vehicle partnership tops 500 all-electric double decker bus sales with a delivery to Go-Ahead London.
Once constructed, the station will have the capacity to support up to 50 hydrogen fuel-cell electric buses.
In those five million electric miles, approximately 1.2 million gallons of diesel fuel have been saved, according to AVTA chairman Marvin Crist.
The agency is working on collecting data and feedback on the feasibility of its new Proterra zero-emissions battery-electric buses as it powers through the impacts of the pandemic.
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