Transit Equity Day - Phoenix-Mesa

Electric transit buses offer more than cleaner air, quieter streets, and pleasant transit rides. In times of power outages, and if in partnership with electric utilities, they could be deployed to provide short term emergency battery backup to communities. Have you ever lost power when it was 120 degrees?

Electric Vehicles Could Help Combat Disastrous Power Outages Across the country, climate change-fueled extreme weather events are causing increasingly frequent power outages and are presenting a growing threat to our nation’s energy infrastructure. Last wint…

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Why Transit Planners Need to Talk About Public Health Baltimore is failing to deliver quality transit to the predominantly low-income neighborhoods of color that need them most — and a new analysis could serve as template for other cities committed to…