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bus-act -- SAVE THE DATE: ARB is holding an Advanced Clean Transit Technology Symposium on February 8, 2016
Posted: 21 Jan 2016 15:53:56
The Air Resources Board (ARB) would like to invite you to participate in the Advanced Clean Transit Technology Symposium (Symposium). The purpose of this Symposium is to provide transit agencies and other interested stakeholders with updated information on the advanced clean transit bus technologies, associated infrastructure, and fuels. The location and time for this symposium is as follows: Advanced Clean Transit Technology Symposium 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Monday, 02/08/2015 Byron Sher Auditorium, CalEPA Headquarters Building 1001 “I” Street, Sacramento The Symposium will cover topics including transit agency experience operating zero emission buses, advanced technology availability and near-term outlook, low carbon fuel costs and supply, and on-site infrastructure for clean technologies. Subject experts will be invited to be on the panels for presentations and discussion. A tentative agenda is posted at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/bus/techsympagendatent.pdf . All final materials, including agenda, presentations, etc. will be posted on the Advanced Clean Transit website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/bus/bus.htm. The Symposium will also be webcast and can be watched at http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?BDO=1. If you have any questions regarding the Symposium, please contact Yachun Chow, Manager, Zero Emission Truck and Bus Section, at yachun.chow@arb.ca.gov or at (916) 322-7450. Background The Fleet Rule for Transit Agencies was initially adopted in 2000 and requires reductions in diesel particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen emissions from urban buses and transit fleet vehicles. It also requires zero emission bus purchases for transit agencies with 200 or more urban buses. In July 2009, through Resolution 09-49, the Board directed the Executive Officer to delay the zero-emission bus purchase requirement due to technology readiness concerns, and to conduct a technology assessment on the readiness of zero emission bus technologies before reinstating purchase requirements. In January 2010, ARB issued an advisory (Mail-out #10-04) with the postponement of the purchase requirement for zero-emission buses. In November 2015, staff presented the technology assessment results of fuel cell electric vehicles, battery electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, natural gas vehicles, and low NOx engines to the Board with the commercialization stage of each technology highlighted. Staff concluded that low-NOx engines will become commercially available soon and that zero emission buses have similar performance and reliability as conventional buses and are in the early commercialization phase. Therefore, staff is currently in the process of working with stakeholders to develop an Advanced Clean Transit proposal that will incorporate these advanced clean technologies while transitioning public transportation to zero emission technologies. California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.