It’s been said many times already but cities really need to get their public transit in order so they can fix traffic congestation and improve the lives of their residents but I still have some questions about some ideas I had.

  1. How much would it cost for a city to electrify their entire bus fleet? Yes, people taking the bus is still a good thing but a lot buses still run on some fossil fuel.

  2. How much would it cost a city with no rail/metro infrastructure to create it from scratch?

  • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Regarding 1 - data is hard to find, apparently electric busses are 50-100% more expensive, but with lower operating costs. How much is uncertain. (requires digging into agency reports in languages I don’t understand)

    The good thing is that you don’t have to throw good busses away in order to switch. Busses have a relatively short lifespan, about 15 years. They naturally come up for replacement anyway, and then you can buy electric ones instead.