ORGANIZATION
AMOUNT REQUESTED
$500,000
STATUS
None
OKLAHOMANS PROJECTED TO BENEFIT
100,000-500,000
ESTIMATED PROJECT DURATION
12-18 months
IMPACTED COUNTIES
Cleveland
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
PROGRAM CATEGORY
Addressing Negative Economic Impacts
PROGRAM SUBCATEGORY
Aid to Tourism, Travel, or Hospitality
FEDERAL GRANT AMOUNT
$
FEDERAL GRANT DESCRIPTION
HUD:CDBG, Dept. of Interior:Historic Preserv., DOJ:JAG, DOT:Highway, EPA:Water, Home Secur, Tres:COV
HQ COUNTY
Cleveland
ENTITY TYPE
Municipal government entity
Data source: Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services / More information ยป