CTE: entire US transit fleet could transition to ZEVs by 2035 for $56B - $89B
In a new report produced at the request of Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) concluded that a the entire US transit fleet could transition to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by 2035 at a cost of between $56.22 billion and $88.91 billion.
In a scenario assuming a reduction in bus capital cost in 2028, the total cost drops to $42.39 billion on the low end and $60.02 billion on the high end.
Currently, more than 1,300 zero-emission buses (ZEBs) have been delivered or awarded to US transit agencies, representing roughly 2% of the US transit bus fleet.
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The City of Oxford has taken a unique approach to help make sure its eligible residents can get the COVID-19 vaccine.
For the past week, the pilot program that Assistant City Manager Jessica Greene refers to as the Get on the Bus Initiative has been an overwhelming success, as hundreds of calls are coming in daily to a hotline set-up by the city to help residents get vaccinated. Since the vaccine started being released, we would get calls in the city manager s office from elderly residents and from those in marginalized communities who were confused or they didn t know how to navigate all of these websites and they just wanted to get the vaccine, Greene said.
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Exactly one year ago this week, Mayor de Blasio urged New Yorkers to “bike or walk to work if you can” to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, setting in motion a sharp increase in bike commuting, but comparatively little city action to protect those vulnerable road users and strengthen their numbers beyond the pandemic boom, advocates say.
Sarah Pitts
Since that day March 8, 2020 at least 215 people died from traffic violence, including more than 25 cyclists and more than 70 pedestrians. One of those victims was 35-year-old Sarah Pitts, who was killed while biking past a notoriously dangerous Brooklyn intersection in September, during the bike boom. Pitts’s brother told Streetsblog that the city failed New Yorkers like his sister, a new cyclist.
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