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Task Force hears technical working group on fleet resilience and zero‑emission transition hurdles
Summary
TWG presented asset‑management measures—predictive maintenance, shared procurement, standardized training, and utility coordination—to improve reliability and reduce ZEB life‑cycle costs; members emphasized immediate infrastructure and procurement constraints and requested state technical support.
Michael Eshelman (AC Transit, TWG) briefed the task force on fleet and asset trends: operating cost per service hour has risen while ridership fell in the pandemic, spare ratios and miles‑between‑road‑calls vary widely among operators, and zero‑emission bus (ZEB) fleets have shown lower availability in many agencies. TWG recommendations included shifting from strictly scheduled preventative maintenance to predictive…
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