Zero-emission buses will need newly trained maintenance workers: GAO report

Zero-emission buses accounted for just 2% of the total bus fleet in use by the nation’s roughly 500 large urban transit agencies in fiscal year 2022. The Federal Transit Administration projects that over three times more zero-emission buses, or 7,700 vehicles, will be operating in U.S. transit agencies by FY 2030. GAO also advised that training will be needed for bus operators, dispatchers who must account for battery-charging conditions, route planners and bus depot staff who may work with charging or hydrogen refueling equipment.
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