Electrification & Alternative Propulsion
The transportation sector is the second largest emitter of GHG emissions in Canada on an annual basis. Being at the core of sustainable and resilient city building, transit can help cut these sectoral emissions not only by taking private vehicles off the road, but also by modernizing its own equipment. As modern urban planning continues to emphasize the reduction of carbon footprints, transit systems are greening their operations by adopting alternative propulsion technologies that shift transit away from the carbon economy to sustainable sources such as electrification and alternative fuelling.
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Featured Resources
- Webinar: Managing the Transition to Scheduling and Operating Electric Buses 2019-12-06
- Visualization: Greening the Transit Industry 2019-03-12
- Webinar: The Electrification of Canadian Urban Bus Transit 2017-02-02
- Road to Electrification Web Application 2018-06-01
- 5 Step Guide to Greening the Transit Industry and Reducing Canada's GHG Emissions 2016-07-29
External Links
- Framework for Municipal Zero Emission Vehicle Deployment. Pollution Probe, 2019
- Zero-Emission Bus Evaluation Results: Orange County Transportation Authority Fuel Cell Electric Bus. FTA, 2019
- Battery Electric Buses—State of the Practice. Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP), 2018
- [French only] Politique de mobilité durable – 2030 : Transporter le Québec vers la modernité. Transports Québec, 2018
- CUTRIC Pan-Ontario Electric Bus Demonstration and Integration Trial in Brampton. Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), 2017