Posted on 06/26/2023 5:18:49 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Monday it is releasing some $1.7 billion in grants to fund new electric and low-emission buses across the country.
The taxpayer dollars come from the 2021 infrastructure bill signed into law by President Joe Biden, AP reports, with the money going to transit projects in 46 states and territories.
“Every day, millions of Americans climb aboard over 60,000 buses to get to work, to school, doctor’s appointments, everywhere they need to be,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a call with reporters.
“These are unprecedented levels of investment when it comes to putting modern cleaner buses on the road.”
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How much pollution is created by manufacturing huge ass bus batteries?
And all the Chinese battery makers rejoiced.
What Was The 1st City With Electric Streetcars?
Frank Sprague built an electric streetcar system in Richmond, Virginia, in 1888. Electric streetcars were used for the first time on the city’s entire system, marking a watershed achievement in the field. He was born in Connecticut in 1857, and he lived there for the majority of his life.
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Electric streetcars were first introduced in the late 1880s, early 1890s, and early 1900s. outlying areas in Washington, D.C. were transformed into neighborhoods as a result of streetcars. Washingtonians could also use the trolley to get to the city’s largest market. In 1871, Washington’s largest market, Center Market, was built. The square housed a marketplace from 1801 until 1931, but it was built in 1871 and served as the Center Market. Farmers from the District’s outskirts, as well as those from nearby Maryland and Virginia, rented stalls. Following the transportation of meat from the stockyards (by refrigerated railroad cars) to regional distributors, it was delivered to local butchers.
In 1900, Washington residents walked or rode public transportation to get around. By 1900, there were many cities with city streets, with trucks and automobiles driving them. Bicyclists were instrumental in getting road improvements in the 1890s. People were able to live further away from their jobs thanks to trolley lines, which served as the foundation of modern suburban life. The streetcars in Washington were privately owned and operated. The real estate industry created a plethora of lines to encourage new neighborhoods. The South was dominated by public transportation in its most extreme form.K
And all the Chinese battery makers rejoiced.
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Nah, they are just getting what they paid for.
This proves that Obama is running the show.
Three hours twice a day, no cell phone or radio signal on much of it and ice/snow in winter. Muddy for several months out of the year, 3-4 inches of snow does not hold them back. The left side here looks a little soft/wet. The school buses have to stay in the middle so the rest of us bail to the edge when we come across a bus and hope we don't get stuck. Better us than them though. Kudos to the women that drive them.
Where do these people think electricity comes from to charge EV’s?
“I guarantee they won’t be using them here. This is a fairly mild representation of the roads that buses spend 95% of their driving on, twice a day for 2-3 hours. Some kids get on the bus at 5:30 for 8am school start.”
I lived on a road that aside from the hills looked a lot like that. The bus driver lived right down the road so we walked to her house to get on the bus. I don’t remember what time we had to get there, but it was freakin early and it was over an hour to get to the school. We first ones on the bus and last ones off. We did indeed spend close to 3 hours a day on the bus.
All with China batteries and charging stations...
Biden got 5 trillion to blow before the end of 2024 thanks to the budget bill.
Environmentally safe to throw associates under.
How miles will the batteries will need to be replaced?
“What Was The 1st City With Electric Streetcars?”
They got their power from overhead wires. So do heavy rail transit systems and a lot of trains in Europe.
Electric motors are wonderful for transportation. Getting the electricity to them is the problem.
That is nice for California, because most other States have snow and hills. Both known enemies to electric transportation.
My hometown bought an electric bus, and found that it could not go 25 MPH up a mild hill I can pedal a bike up. So this one lane road had the electric bus going around 10 MPH and holding up a lot of traffic once an hour.
Beyond this, these nincompoops take existing, servicable city buses and saw them in half so nobody else can use them.
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