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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
JANUARY 20, 2022
Subject
SUBJECT: STATUS UPDATE OF MOTION 40: ELECTRIFICATION OF THE J (SILVER) LINE AND METRO'S FLEET
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE response to Motion 40: Electrification of the J (Silver) Line and Metro's Fleet.
Issue
ISSUE
At the November 18, 2020 Planning & Programming committee meeting, Metro Board Directors Hahn, Garcetti, Solis Butts and Bonin introduced Motion 40 directing the CEO to:
A. Meet with the County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, and neighboring transit agencies to discuss the potential private property, joint-use, and public right of way opportunities for charging stations that could serve the Harbor Area, beginning with the Silver Line
B. Provide recommendations on how to fully electrify the Silver Line in the Zero Emission Bus Implementation Master Plan due before the Board in Spring of 2021
C. Continue Silver Line service to San Pedro until the Board discusses and chooses a recommendation on how to move forward
Background
BACKGROUND
Metro's Zero Emission Bus Program continues to progress the goal of systemwide electrification in line with the March 2021 ZEB Rollout plan and Board directives. As part of the Program, it is staff's intent to fully electrify the entire J Line service from its northeastern terminus at the El Monte Transit Center to its southern terminus in San Pedro as expeditiously as possible in the most fiscally and technically responsible manner. To that end, staff has pursued state and federal funding applications with a focus on the J Line to enact the first phases of systemwide electrification.
From the onset, staff has been aware of the challenges with introducing a Battery Electric Bus (BEB) with limited range into our service environment. Given the range and performance challenges coupled with the absence of empirical data, st...
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