City of Norman

PROJECT PURPOSE

Procure and install an overhead pantograph charger at the City?s Transit Center. This would allow the City?s 2 battery electric buses to be charged during route layovers and operate throughout the day, rather than having to be swapped out midday to go back to the transit fleet yard to be charged. This capability would allow the City to save fuel and reduce emissions in Norman.

EVIDENCE

Battery electric vehicles are shown to emit zero tailpipe emissions, thus reducing the amount of greenhouse gases and other harmful pollutants impacting our community?s air quality. In addition, battery electric buses are shown to need less maintenance and thus less maintenance costs.

POPULATION DESCRIPTION

The pandemic has put additional hardships on individuals in our community as they continue to try and make ends meet in the face of job and health uncertainty. For some, the pandemic has pushed individuals to rely more on personal vehicles to socials distance and to meet their needs rather than public transportation. Owning a personal vehicle can be expensive and an additional burden on individuals and families. Public transportation can help to alleviate some of the financial pressure that some individuals and families in our community are facing.

PERFORMANCE MEASURING

Maintenance and fuel costs will continue to be collected before and after the charger that the vehicles would use is awarded and installed with this project. City staff will ensure that required programmatic data is collected and reported as appropriate.

ONGOING INVESTMENT AMOUNT

$

ONGOING INVESTMENT DESCRIPTION

None

ONGOING INVESTMENT REQUIRED

Able to continue operation without additional funding from the State of Oklahoma