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Shocker: Reliability Issues Could Delay 200 New Zero-Emission Buses This Year
Reliability issues mean that electric buses aren't available for a full day of service like diesels are.
June 24, 2025
What Would Happen if We Electrified Every Bus in America?
...and what would it take to actually do it?
May 15, 2024
US DOT Seeks to Double the Nation’s Electric Bus Fleet (Which is Currently Tiny and Will Still Be)
Some of the money will go to supercharge the construction of green transit facilities, but federal officials emphasized that the vast majority will go towards the purchase of clean vehicles themselves.
August 17, 2022
Let’s Buy an American Path Out of Car Dependency
Automakers are warning that they won't be able to meet demand for electric cars while also divesting from foreign supply chains — prompting some advocates to demand a decarbonization strategy that doesn't require 1,000-pound batteries.
August 4, 2022
MTA CEO Puts it in Blunt Terms: ‘Without Congestion Pricing, Forget 2nd Ave. Subway, E-Buses or ADA Work’
"If" congestion pricing doesn't happen, the entire region loses out, Janno Lieber reminded on Wednesday.
June 22, 2022
How the New Infrastructure Deal Will Make Transit Better
...especially if the Build Back Better Act passes through reconciliation later this month.
November 9, 2021
Americans Want Green School Buses, But Congress Sells Them Short
July 26, 2021
Harvard Study: Car Pollution in NYC Claims 1,400 Lives, Billions in Costs
The New York metro area logged 1,404 deaths specifically linked to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone (O3).
June 8, 2021
The MTA’s New Electric Bus Order Is Another Step Forward, But A Power Struggle Looms
Eventually, the MTA is going to need so much electricity that energy producers will have to make a deal, experts say.
June 3, 2021
Schumer’s Massive $73B Bill Would Finally Boost E-Buses
A new bill by our senior Senator would give (almost) the same amount of funding to transit agencies to electrify nation’s bus fleet as President Biden promised to private drivers to electrify their cars.
May 6, 2021
