The Zero Emission Bus Resource Alliance (ZEBRA) is a member-based professional association of over 75 transit agencies in the United States and Canada that are operating or procuring zero-emission buses (ZEBs). ZEBRA’s mission is to advance transit agencies’ capacity for ZEB adoption through information exchange, training programs, shared research, and public education. ZEBRA hosts quarterly web meetings, in-person roundtables, and an online member portal with a resource library, discussion forum, meeting archive, and bus performance dashboard.
ZEBRA meetings are designed to help connect member agencies to state-of-the-art ZEB practices and reflect ZEB interests as a collective voice. ZEBRA’s membership is made up of transit agencies that have collectively deployed more than 650 ZEBs, with over 1,200 additional vehicles coming soon. Through membership, performance data, deployments, and advocacy, ZEBRA leads transit agencies to advance their capacity for ZEB adoption.
ZEBRA has contracted with the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) since 2018. CTE works on behalf of ZEBRA’s membership to provide the group with technical insights, organizational management, and industry consultation based on CTE’s extensive experience. CTE’s scope includes managing the day-to-day activities of ZEBRA, such as its ZEB performance dashboard, marketing and communications materials, financial administration, membership on-boarding and meetings, committee administration, and coordination of federal advocacy priorities. For 2024, CTE organized and facilitated an in-person, hydrogen-focused roundtable with seven speakers/ sponsors and 24 transit agencies in June, and are currently organizing an in-person, mixed fleet-focused roundtable for September 2024. ZEBRA’s FY2024 project budget includes an in-kind contribution of $65,000 from CTE as a commitment to the importance of ZEBRA’s work in the industry.
