OCEAN CITY – Officials say they continue to explore the transition of the resort’s transit fleet from diesel to electric.
On Tuesday, Transit Manager Rob Shearman presented members of the Ocean City Transportation Committee with an update on the department’s plans to convert its diesel fleet to electric. While no specific mandates have been placed on local transit systems, he said the town will begin working with a consultant to create a transition plan.
“We have met with a consultant to begin what is called a transition plan,” he said. “This is still not anything that we would be committed to, but it is something that would allow us to start seeking grant funds for battery electric buses, charging infrastructure, things like that.”
In August, Shearman presented committee members with a statewide zero-emissions bus study for Ocean City Transit. That report estimated the town’s transition to total $99 million in capital costs and $1.9 million in annual operating costs.
In Tuesday’s meeting, Shearman noted that the proposal failed to provide a distribution of costs. He noted that officials estimate costs to be spread out over a period of 12 to 15 years.
Go ahead and just drink the Koolaid…..
Here we go DEMOCRATS waisting $$$$ AGAIN !!!!!! GAS & Diesel HERE TO STAY !!!! FACT
Going electric is like pissing in the wind!
Great, they can charge the future bus fleet with power from the future windmills.
“Good thing Jackson, Wyoming, kept its fleet of 30 diesel buses on hand when it purchased eight electric buses to lower its transit system’s carbon emissions.
Thanks to the bankruptcy of the company that manufactures the buses, Jackson can’t get any replacement parts when the buses break down — which is now all of them. At a cost of $1 million each, now all eight electric buses are broken.”
But hard to put a price tag on virtue signaling!
NExt > ROund abouts & Bike Lanes like D’Bury !!!!!!!!!
Mistake, mistake, mistake, oh my what a BIG mistake to even think of doing this.