Tell PA Transit Authorities: Switch to All-Electric Buses

From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org):

As you head to work, play with your kids at the park, or walk down city streets, dirty diesel buses are probably passing you by in many parts of Pennsylvania. They spew diesel exhaust that worsens asthma and can cause respiratory diseases and cancer. With more than 270,000 kids in Pennsylvania suffering from asthma, we have to do better for them.¹

Now imagine replacing those with electric buses. Our new report found this would cut pollution as if nearly 10,000 cars disappeared from the road. And it’d cut costs by up to $458,000 for each bus.¹

All-electric buses are ready to roll–if your local officials and transit authority step up with a plan to make the switch. Go to https://pennenvironment.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=26067 to tell local leaders to switch to all-electric buses that are cleaner, healthier, and cheaper in the long-run.

Our new report released last Thursday takes a deep look at how transitioning to electric buses in Pennsylvania will keep our communities moving while clearing the haze of the air we breathe.

Replacing all of Pennsylvania’s diesel transit buses with all-electric would reduce greenhouse gas pollution the same amount as taking 9,930 cars off the road.

The same switch would cut 443,766 pounds of smog-forming nitrous oxide and 1,909 pounds of soot pollution every year.

The Chicago Transit Authority estimates that a single one of its electric buses save locals a total of $55,000 in avoided healthcare expenses resulting from cleaner air.¹

Add your name to call on local transit authorities to make the switch. With zero tailpipe emissions, electric buses can significantly reduce people’s’ exposure to toxic fumes while creating a smarter transportation system for our climate’s future.

1 Alana Miller, Hye-Jin Kim, Jeffrey Robinson and Matthew Casale, “Electric Buses: Clean Transportation for Healthier Neighborhoods and Cleaner Air,” Frontier Group, PennPIRG Education Fund, and PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center, May 3, 2018.