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CTE is proud to highlight the work Niki Rinaldi El-Abd, one of our associates working from our Berkeley, California office. CTE sat down with Niki to chat about her projects, the new zero-emission bus opportunities she is most excited about, and her goals for reaching a sustainable transportation ecosystem.

CTE's Executive Director, Dan Raudebaugh, has been selected to provide testimony in front of the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee at their Climate Change Hearing this year. Initially slated for March 24, the event has now been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the second climate-focused hearing held by the Full Committee in the 117th Congress.

CTE partnered with the University of Texas Center for Electromechanics and Hagerty Consulting to investigate and demonstrate a transportable power system that will give hybrid electric buses the capability to act as on-demand, mobile electrical-power generators. Once commercialized, this technology will be especially useful in emergency disaster response and recovery when traditional power supplies are slow to deploy, not available, or not reliable.

The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) is partnering with the Regional Transportation District (RTD) to host the International Zero Emission Bus Conference in Denver this September 16th-18th. The call for abstracts is now open. Registration will open in June.

CTE is working with the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) to deploy ten advanced design Fuel Cell Electric Buses (FCEBs) and commission the largest transit-operated hydrogen fueling station in the United States.

CTE is proud to highlight the work Joel Donham, one of our engineering consultants working from our Saint Paul, Minnesota office.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Monday to pass its Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) Appropriations Bill, The bill includes several key provisions related to the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Low or No Emission Vehicle Program (Low-No), including setting funding levels at $75 million for FY2020, a huge win for proponents of zero-emission vehicles all over the United States.

CTE, in partnership with the Midwest Hydrogen Center of Excellence (MHCoE), Cleveland State University (CSU), and the Stark Area Regional Transit Authority (SARTA) have released a study evaluating the relationship between ambient temperature and fuel economy for zero-emission buses.