File #: 2024-0275   
Type: Motion / Motion Response Status: Passed
File created: 4/19/2024 In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
On agenda: 4/25/2024 Final action: 4/25/2024
Title: APPROVE Motion by Yaroslavsky, Bass, Krekorian, Dupont-Walker, and Solis that the Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to: A. Report back to the September Operations Committee on a more detailed and updated plan to deliver a 100% Zero Emissions bus fleet as soon as is possible and fiscally responsible; with interim milestones and metrics for both rolling stock and electric vehicle infrastructure installation that reflect an ambitious and actionable schedule; The report back should include a timeline for the submission of relevant service requests to Southern California Edison and Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. The ZEB conversion schedule should ensure Metro's ability to continue providing reliable bus service, including availability of operations and maintenance funding to support the full 7 million annualized revenue service hours as planned through the NextGen Bus Plan. B. Provide quarterly reports beginning in January 2025 to the Operations Committee on progress towa...
Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
Indexes: Air quality, Bus Acquisitions, Cleaning, Fuels, Grant Aid, Hilda Solis, Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, Karen Bass, Katy Yaroslavsky, Maintenance practices, Motion / Motion Response, Operations and Maintenance, Paul Krekorian, Plan, Program, Rolling stock, Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Master Plan, Zero Emissions
Related files: 2024-0351
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REVISED
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
APRIL 25, 2024

Preamble
Motion by:

DIRECTORS YAROSLAVSKY, BASS, KREKORIAN, DUPONT-WALKER, SOLIS

Related to Item 31: Zero-Emission Bus Program Update

As transportation planner, designer, builder, and operator for the country's most populous county, Metro has an important role in the fight against climate change and in meeting global, state and local greenhouse gas reduction targets. A major part of Metro's role in fighting climate change is its Zero Emission Bus program.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) proposed the Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) regulation in 2018 that required all transit agencies in the state to transition to all Zero Emission fleets by 2040.

In response, LA Metro has created a comprehensive Zero Emission Bus Program Master Plan which outlines the path to a complete transition to zero emission buses by 2030. The Board took action to endorse this aggressive goal, recognizing the need to act urgently against the climate crisis, improve air quality locally, and leverage Metro to advance the Zero Emissions Bus industry nationwide.

The Master Plan, updated in May 2023, builds off of the Metro CARB Innovative Clean Transit rollout plan, which evaluates service schedules, power needs, proposed technological advancements, bus production, and market conditions to determine the best path to a full fleet transition of Metro's fixed-route fleet by 2030.

According to Metro, and despite the significant progress made to date, staff is of the opinion that the Zero Emission Bus industry is evolving slower than previously anticipated and not mature enough to promote full fleet transition by the 2030 goal, particularly due to Zero Emission Bus costs, performance, and utility infrastructure.

Program challenges identified by Metro include costs, performance, grid capacity, supply chain and utilities' lead times, and market availability. As a result, according to Metro, shifting the program implementatio...

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