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King County Metro signs landmark deal to welcome new bus manufacturer to North America, expand zero-emission fleets (kingcountymetro.blog)

submitted 6 months ago by kinther@lemmy.world to c/seattle@lemmy.world

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[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Given every city has busses, I would think focusing on the would be better. Much more likely to electrify busses than roll out new rail based transit.

[–] rarbg@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Idk battery electric buses have tire pollution and dirty batteries. (At least with catenary the battery is minimized) And the battery ones still use diesel for heating in northern winters. Trolleys don’t have either of those problems.