The Chicago Transit Authority (IL) received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for electrified vehicle stalls that will reduce emissions from parked buses.
To address concerns about “unbearable” noise, Sound Transit (WA) plans to install automatic lubricators along the Central Link light-rail line to reduce friction between train wheels and the tracks.
Transport for London (UK) announced plans to cut carbon emissions by 40% and save £90,000 per year in energy costs thanks to a retrofitted green power plant.
Some of the hydrogen buses, intended to provide transportation during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver (BC), have been stalling out and software problems appear to be the cause.
Susan Bregman is editor of The Transit Wire. She has been a consultant on transit policy and planning for fifteen years and before that worked for the Boston Transportation Department. In 2004 she founded Oak Square Resources, LLC, which focuses on transit research, policy, and communications.