Metro - File #: 2019-0458

• File #: 2019-0458
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 5/30/2019
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 7/18/2019
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE status report on the Zero Emission Bus Program and Bus Fleet Management Plan (BFMP) which summarizes Metro's directly operated and purchased transportation bus vehicle requirements over the next ten years.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Board approved a Motion, Bus Acquisitions, Bus rapid transit, Chatsworth, Cleaning, Division 08, Division 09, El Monte, Electrification, Federal Transit Administration, Fleet management, Informational Report, Las Virgenes/Malibu subregion, Maintenance, Metro Divisions, Metro Orange Line, Motion / Motion Response, Plan, Procurement, Program, Purchasing, Rolling stock, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, State Of Good Repair, Terminals (Communications), Transit boards, Transit buses, Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Master Plan, Zero Emissions

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
JULY 18, 2019

Subject
SUBJECT: METRO BUS FLEET FORECAST AND ZERO EMISSION BUS PROGRAM UPDATE

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE status report on the Zero Emission Bus Program and Bus Fleet Management Plan (BFMP) which summarizes Metro's directly operated and purchased transportation bus vehicle requirements over the next ten years.

Issue
ISSUE

In April 2016, Metro's Board of Directors approved a motion to convert Metro's bus fleet to Zero Emission Buses (ZEB) by 2030. Also, in December 2018, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved the Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) Regulation that sets a statewide goal for public agencies to gradually transition to 100% ZEB fleet by 2040. Further, Metro's bus vehicle requirements indicate a need to replace 834 buses by 2022. To ensure the fleet is maintained in a State of Good Repair and sufficient quantities are available for service, Metro will need to effect a procurement by September 2019.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

In April 2016, Metro's Board of Directors approved a motion to convert Metro's bus fleet to Zero Emission Buses (ZEB) by 2030. Also, in December 2018, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved the Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) Regulation that sets a statewide goal for public agencies to gradually transition to 100% ZEB fleet by 2040. The ICT Regulation includes the following purchase requirement timeline:

* 2023 - 2025: 25% of buses purchased in this period must be ZEB
* 2026 - 2028: 50% of buses purchased in this period must be ZEB
* 2029 - onward: 100% of buses purchased in this period must be ZEB

Metro has been working to comply with both the Metro Board directive and CARB's ICT Regulation by implementing a two-phase approach. Phase 1 focuses on implementing near-term changes that can be readily applied with existing technology, with minimal impact to service, and...