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humantransit.bsky.social • 7 days ago

Sometimes public transit leaders have to choose between electrification and service.

Choose service.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/wa-gov-ferguson-delays-conversion-of-ferries-to-electric-power/

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theleodcooke.bsky.social•7 days ago

It’s a balance. If you don’t invest in clean transportation today, you are limiting your options for service improvement in the future.

hobopedestrian.bsky.social•7 days ago

No you aren't. People using a common conveyance, powered by the hopes and dreams of liquified forest nymphs, is cleaner than everyone waiting in the Starbucks drive thru in a Tesla.

crzwdjk.bsky.social•7 days ago

The problem is that battery buses provide worse service, you need to buy more of them to account for charging downtime.

rossbl.bsky.social•7 days ago

It is also an issue with King County Metro buses. The county has set a goal of 100% electrification by 2035. This is the wrong approach. They should leverage the existing trolley buses (and expand as appropriate) but focus on service in the meantime.

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rossbl.bsky.social•7 days ago

Since trolley technology is improving (the buses can run off-wire much farther than they used to) it is likely that many improvements will be relatively cheap in the future. Right now they are focusing on battery-electric buses which may turn out to be a very costly and mistaken approach.

enriqueandres.bsky.social•7 days ago

I always thought (under your influence, Jarrett 😉) that better 2 hybrid-diesel buses than 1, more expensive, battery-electric bus.

But in Europe, current geopolitical events force us to reduce our fossil energy dependency, and to electrify.

And it is happening ⤵️

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