The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) partnered with Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) and IBI Group to assess and develop comprehensive Zero-Emission Bus (ZEB) Rollout Plans compliant with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) Regulation on behalf of the transit agencies and municipal transportation services in the cities of Banning, Beaumont, Corona, and Riverside, as well as the Palo Verde Valley Transit Agency.
CTE will also develop a comprehensive county-wide Implementation Plan for the deployment of zero-emission buses and supporting refueling infrastructure that coordinates all seven transit operators in Riverside County, including Sunline Transit Agency and Riverside Transit Agency. By the conclusion of this project, five agencies in Riverside County will be prepared to comply with the ICT regulation and RCTC will have a roadmap for supporting all transit agencies in the county in successful transitions to zero-emission bus fleets.
At the start of this project, CTE collected service data from each of the five transit agencies and completed five unique Existing Conditions Reports. These reports present the findings of the expected range of battery electric equivalent vehicles under the most strenuous operating conditions of each agency. CTE also conducted an in-depth feasibility analysis for each agency that provided cost projections outlining the following ZEB fleet transition cost assessments: service & fleet capital cost, fuel, maintenance, high-level infrastructure projects projections, and the total cost of ownership for all possible zero-emission fleet configurations or transition scenarios for each agency. CTE reviewed the high-level costs of each scenario with RCTC and each agency to determine the transition technology pathways for ICT Rollout Plan submittal in June 2023.
Each operator has selected their zero-emission technology and all ICT Rollout Plans have been finalized and submitted to CARB for approval. CTE also supported the development of a county-wide Implementation Plan as well as Emissions Considerations Reports for each agency.
