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PEOPLE & PLACES

THE LASTEST ZERO-EMISSION
FLEET INDUSTRY NEWS
communities and a more sustainable
future for all Angelenos."
MassTransitmag.com/21126694

OCTA debuts hydrogen fuel
cell buses and nation's largest
hydrogen fueling station

CUTRIC

CUTRIC is supporting research into electric and hydrogen bus
simulation and modelling tools.

CUTRIC partners launch North
America's first group of zeroemission bus research projects
The Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium
(CUTRIC) has partnered with OCAD University, Ontario Tech University, Queen's University, the University of Windsor, Centennial
College, York University and Canadian Nuclear Labs to create North
America's first cluster of post-secondary institutions dedicated to researching battery-electric and fuel cell electric buses.

The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) debuted 10 new hydrogen fuel-cell electric buses and, what
it reports to be, the largest transit-operated hydrogen fueling station in the
United States. Both are part of OCTA's
continued sustainability efforts.
"We are very happy to be leading the
way toward a cleaner and greener future
that keeps the residents of Orange
County moving, while keeping the air
they breathe healthy with zero emissions," said OCTA Chairman and Mayor
of Garden Grove Steve Jones.
In December 2018, the California Air
Resources Board's approved a regulation that requires the state's transit
agencies to transition 100 percent of
their fleets to zero emission by 2040.
OCTA is also in the process of purchasing 10 plug-in battery-electric buses,
which are expected to be in operation
beginning in 2021.
MassTransitmag.com/21123872

CUTRIC and its members are contributing a total of C$4.2 million (US$3.173
million) in funding over three years with an additional C$551,000 (US$416,390)
through the federally-supported Mitacs Accelerate and Elevate programs to fund
CUTRIC's National Academic Committee on Zero-Emissions Buses (NAC-ZEB).
CUTRIC's NAC-ZEB research will allow federal, provincial and municipal governments to make better decisions when it comes to procuring and deploying
zero-emission buses across Canada.
MassTransitmag.com/21125796

The Center for Transportation
and the Environment

OCTA's fleet of hydrogen fuelcell buses.

Los Angeles will see delivery of 155
electric buses in the next two years
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) is well on its way
of converting its entire fleet to zero
emissions by the 2028 Olympic and
Paralympic Games with an order of 155
buses that will be put into service on its
network in the next two years.
The buses are part of the largest
single order for electric buses in U.S.
history that was originally unveiled last
fall. Most of the new vehicles will be BYD
manufactured K7M buses, with Proterra
manufacturing the remainder of the
zero-emission vehicle order.
"The clean transportation revolution
is not a distant dream - it's happening
on L.A.'s streets right now," said Los

AVTA electric buses reach
two-million-mile mark

Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti

LADOT has ordered 155 electric
buses.
Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. "Seeing
these zero-emission buses rolling down
our roads in the years ahead will bring
us one step closer to realizing our vision
of cleaner air, lower emissions, healthier

The Antelope Valley Transit Authority's
(AVTA) 49 electric buses collectively
accumulated two million service miles
on Dec. 24, 2019. The authority passed
the one million service mile mark in May
2019. AVTA says the feat is a step toward
its goal to become the nation's first
all-electric bus fleet.
"Thus far, approximately 512,821
gallons of diesel fuel have been saved
with the new battery-electric fleet. This
equates to a net savings of $801,190 in
fuel costs after paying for electricity,"

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