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By Jonathan Friedman July 7, 2016 -- Riding on Santa
Monica’s Big Blue Bus could soon be an electric experience. The
City Council voted last week to set in motion a plan for zero carbon emissions
by 2030. Others are considering similar plans. The Antelope Valley Transit Authority has a goal for a “100 percent battery electric bus fleet” by 2018. The California Air Resources Board is considering a plan for transitioning the state’s fleet to all electric by 2040. What would make Santa Monica a leader in this, O’Day said, would be the “zero carbon standard,” which he said, “would require production of electricity from renewable sources or offsets that tie those renewable sources to our use for our bus fleet.” The City will soon hire a consultant to analyze how this goal could be achieved, and staff will report to the council about the analysis within the next six to nine months. Funding for this project could come from the $20 million the City received from the Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority to purchase the land for the downtown light rail station (“Santa Monica and Expo Reach Settlement on Downtown Station,” June 3, 2016). |
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