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Durham transportation staff outline fleet challenges; council hears plan to expand routes and buy used diesel buses
Summary
City transportation staff told the council that hybrid buses have higher maintenance complexity and costs, that battery-electric buses show lower maintenance so far but lack long-term data, and that the city plans to add vehicles and expand routes including route 3 to serve East Durham schools and community connections.
Durham’s transportation director described bus fleet maintenance challenges and explained plans to expand service during a council discussion on Feb. 17.
Sean Egan, director of the city’s transportation department, told councilors that hybrid buses can be more expensive to maintain because they contain two propulsion systems (diesel and electric) and therefore may double the probability of component failure. Egan said newer battery-electric buses have shown lower maintenance costs in early years but the city lacks long-term data because its first…
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