Governor Hochul Announces Bus Electrification Project Progress With 53 Overhead Bus Chargers
In celebration of Climate Week, Governor Kathy Hochul today announced construction is progressing on 53 state-of-the-art overhead electric bus chargers at Metropolitan Transportation Authority depots in Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and Brooklyn.
The Power Authority is overseeing the design, permitting and procurement processes and managing the construction, commissioning and warranty of these transformative projects.said, “Working with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to electrify the nation’s largest bus fleet supports New York’s goals to transition public buses, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and enables better air quality for vulnerable communities in close proximity to transportation facilities and beyond.
The MTA’s work, as well as an ongoing project with Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority in Buffalo, are the first pantograph bus charging projects, in bus depots, in the Northeast.
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