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ERIK BELMONT SERVES AS A
program analyst in the Transit Delivery
Division after starting at the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) as
a Capital City Fellow in 2017.
During his time as a fellow, he researched, conducted outreach and designed performance measures currently
used to analyze the electric bus program.
In the spring of 2018, DDOT began
operating 14 electric buses in the District of Columbia's Circulator fleet as
part of a pilot project to test the viability
of the technology and its feasibility for
large scale expansion. He supported the
launch of the electric bus program in
2018 by working with the manufacturer to identify mechanical and technical
challenges that came along the way.
To accomplish this, he assembled a
group of electric bus manufacturer staff,
DDOT staff and D.C. Circulator's operations and maintenance contractor to
troubleshoot challenges in the program,
and to bring them successfully into service. Since the launch of the pilot, he's
assembled and led an additional group
within DDOT to oversee the collection
of data that will issue final recommen-
Fact:
Belmont led
the electric bus
briefing event
with the Greater
Washington
Region Clean
Cities Coalition,
and accepted
D.C. Circulator's
2018 Electric
Fleet Leadership
Award.
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dations for the future of DDOT's electric
bus expansion.
He's currently leading the effort in
creating DDOT's fleet transition plan.
As part of the fleet transition plan effort, he's also developing a pilot project
testing a microgrid backup system to
guarantee that electric buses can function seamlessly during a major power
outage. He's also an advocate for the use
of electric bus technology as a resilience
measure, using the vehicles as mobile
batteries capable of powering emergency
facilities if disaster strikes.
Due to his experiences, Belmont has
represented DDOT at multiple speaking
occasions, presenting what he and his
division learned about electric buses at
the 2018 American Public Transportation Association Sustainability and Multimodal Planning Workshop and at the
2018 Washington Advanced Energy 4th
quarter meeting.
Erik
Belmont
Program Analyst
Office of Transit
Operations, District
Department of
Transportation,
Transit Delivery
Division
"I
have the satisfaction of knowing that my work will
positively impact the lives of our ridership by helping to reduce
carbon emissions and reduce NOx emissions, thereby improving
the quality of the air they breathe when riding our buses."
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