Resilient Zero-Emission Transit Bus Fleets: A Guide
2025

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For transit operators with zero-emission transit buses (ZEB) in their fleets, the primary concern is whether the vehicles can meet the agency’s service requirements for both regularly scheduled service and for unscheduled service to address local or regional events and emergencies. This concern applies both at the individual route and fleet levels.

TCRP Research Report 256: Resilient Zero-Emission Transit Bus Fleets: A Guide, from TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program, provides a framework for transit agencies to update their resilience plans to operate ZEB fleets. It also offers a roadmap for transit agencies to integrate their existing zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) transition strategies into broader resilience planning efforts.

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106 pages · 8.5 x 11 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-99471-3
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-99472-1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/29205

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Front Matter i-x
Summary 1-1
1 Introduction 2-3
2 Case Studies Introduction 4-5
3 Resilience Planning for Zero-Emission Bus Fleets 6-9
4 Why Zero-Emission Resilience Planning Is Different 10-17
5 Zero-Emission Bus Fleet Hazards and Consequences 18-20
6 Zero-Emission Bus Fleet Adaptation Measures 21-22
7 Guidelines for Updating a Zero-Emission Resilience Plan 23-35
8 Sample Scenarios 36-39
9 Funding and Implementation Approaches 40-42
10 Conclusion 43-44
Appendix A: Detailed Case Studies 45-60
Appendix B: Literature Review 61-64
Appendix C: Resilience Planning 65-68
Appendix D: Zero-Emission Bus Fleet Hazards and Consequences 69-74
Appendix E: Adaptation Measures 75-88
References and Bibliography 89-92
Acronyms and Abbreviations 93-96

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