Vendor issues, performance in subzero temperatures and charging station maintenance are among the challenges transit agencies face as they try to decarbonize their fleets.
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The idea was to stop buying buses powered by diesel fuel by 2022.
Since then, the transit agency has deployed just eight electric buses. A proposal to spend $122 million for 143 new biodiesel buses will be considered by the Metropolitan Council next week. The deal represents about 15% of Metro Transit s fleet of 900 buses.
This has exasperated many groups that applauded Metro Transit s commitment to electric buses three years ago. Every new diesel bus locks us into a minimum of 12 more years of dirty exhaust, climate pollution and reliance on imported fossil fuel, said Joshua Houdek, senior program manager at the Sierra Club North Star Chapter. We should be transitioning to clean electric buses now.
Metro Transit eyes Central Avenue for next BRT line The F Line through NE. Mpls. and beyond could be running by 2030. February 19, 2021 5:24pm Text size Copy shortlink:
A rapid bus route through northeast Minneapolis and Anoka is next on the list as Metro Transit continues growing its network.
Transit officials chose Central Avenue for the F Line after the route, which would run from downtown Minneapolis through Columbia Heights, Fridley and Blaine, received the most votes in a recent ridership survey. The F Line, which would largely replace Route 10, also came out on top when criteria such as ridership, potential ridership, and construction and operating costs were factored in, said Charles Carlson, director of Bus Rapid Transit projects.