{"id":27121,"date":"2023-09-26T12:44:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T10:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=27121"},"modified":"2023-09-26T12:44:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T10:44:40","slug":"santa-cruz-fuel-cell-buses-new-flyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/fuel-cell-bus\/santa-cruz-fuel-cell-buses-new-flyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Cruz has approved the largest acquisition of FCEBs in United States with 57 H2 vehicles commissioned to New Flyer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) has approved the purchase of <strong>57 hydrogen-powered, fuel cell electric buses<\/strong>, marking the <strong>largest acquisition of FCEBs in United States<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purchase includes forty-eight 40 ft. buses and nine 60 ft. articulated buses. Buses are scheduled for rollout <strong>starting in late 2024<\/strong> with most of them being deployed in the Watsonville service area. This move will enable METRO to fully serve Watsonville and Santa Cruz County with zero-emissions vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Santa Cruz METRO aims to be <strong>100% emissions-free by 2037<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fuel-cell-buses-in-place-of-cng-and-diesel-buses\">Fuel cell buses in place of CNG and diesel buses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These buses will be replacing the existing aging compressed natural gas (CNG) and diesel buses. Currently, METRO&#8217;s fleet is comprised of only 10% zero-emissions buses (ZEBs), but <strong>with this purchase, that number will be over 69%<\/strong>, the operator states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This transition will help METRO achieve 100% zero-emission technology ahead of California&#8217;s Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) Regulation deadline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conjunction with the FCEB procurement, <strong>METRO plans to construct a hydrogen fueling station to support the transition of their entire 94-bus fleet to zero-emissions vehicles<\/strong>. The station will also have the capacity to facilitate the fueling needs of local partner agencies and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To finance this initiative, METRO says it has secured <strong>$20.4 million in grant funding from the Federal Transit Administration<\/strong> and a $38.6 million award from the California State Transportation Agency&#8217;s Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program. 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