Sacramento Regional Transit in California Wins a 57.7 Million Dollar State Grant for 21 Fuel Cell Electric Buses: Project Funding Reaches 87.6 Million Dollars, With Route 138 Peak Headways to Halve From 60 to 30 Minutes
Sacramento Regional Transit in California has received a 57.7 million dollar state grant to purchase 21 fuel cell electric buses and pay for other zero emission improvements.
The grant was awarded through the eighth cycle of the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, which handed out 549.4 million dollars to 19 projects, from about 54 applications asking for nearly 4.08 billion dollars combined.
The award goes to the agency Northern Sacramento and Yolo Zero Emission Transit Project, covering the fuel cell buses, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, and improvements to the bus maintenance facility in McClellan Park. So far, the project has received a total of 87.6 million dollars through a combination of state, regional and local funds.
The grant will also install bicycle parking, heat resilient bus shelters and transit signal priority technology at 30 intersections, and create a workforce development program in partnership with American River College. The project will be carried out in phases through 2030.
The agency plans to use the 21 buses to augment Route 138, increasing daily trips between Davis and Sacramento to 23 and reducing peak headways from 60 minutes to 30 minutes, and to offer 15 minute weekday service on Routes 30 and 81.
(Source: Sacramento Regional Transit)
Source: Sacramento Regional Transit
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Photo: 图：一辆燃料电池测试巴士停靠在马萨诸塞州 Malden Center 站（资料图）。照片：Jason Lawrence，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: A fuel cell test bus at Malden Center, Massachusetts (file photo). Photo by Jason Lawrence, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
