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DART outlines sustainability plan, cites renewable-power contract and phased fleet approach
Summary
Dallas Area Rapid Transit told the Farmers Branch Sustainability Committee on Nov. 13 that it has signed a 10-year contract supplying 100% renewable electricity for facilities and light rail, is pursuing mobility-hub pilots and will renew most of its fleet with CNG in the near term while continuing limited electric-bus pilots.
Yaela Harrison, assistant vice president for sustainability and facility planning at Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), told the Farmers Branch Sustainability Committee on November 13 that the transit agency has signed a 10-year electricity agreement providing renewable power for its facilities and light-rail system and is pursuing on-the-ground pilots to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Harrison said DART’s sustainability framework rests on three pillars—community, agency and planet—and described steps the agency is taking under each. “We signed a 10 year electricity contract that is now 100% renewable energy source,” she said, noting the contract reduces greenhouse-gas…
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