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Electric Bus Analysis for New York City Transit
Electric Bus Analysis for New York city Transit Image by AEMoreira042281. By Judah Aber Columbia University May 2016. Background New York city Transit has requested an Analysis comparing the current fleet of buses to Electric buses. The current fleet of buses consists primarily of diesel and hybrid diesel buses, plus some CNG buses. The Analysis will center on the economics (financials) of the Electric bus alternative as well as on the environmental considerations (greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution). In addition, there will be consideration of potential implementation requirements, issues and recommendations. ABSTRACT. NYC Transit and MTA bus have a combined fleet of about 5,700 buses for public transportation in New York city . The fleet currently consists of a mix of diesel, hybrid diesel and CNG. (compressed natural gas) buses. Electric buses have vastly lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than the current fleet.
city limits of approximately 575,000 metric tons of CO2e per year. The net savings, including the incremental power generation required for the electric buses is a reduction of nearly 500,000 metric tons of CO2e assuming the current mix of power generation in New York City and Westchester County (EPA).
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