In Los Angeles only 3% of the population say they take public transit regularly, compared to 84% of residents who commute to work in their car every day. This results in huge amounts of traffic and air quality so bad that under public health requirements it’s illegal.

LA Metro is making major investments to improve the public transit options in LA including totally revamping the bus system. By 2030 the entire LA bus network will be running electric buses. This means all new buses, changing all the routes and retrofitting all the cities depots to have charging capabilities.

This is the first time out of China and major cities entire bus fleet will be electric and there are many challenges to overcome including changing LA’s car culture.

Guests

Cliff Henke, WSP’s global chair of zero emissions buses & programme manager for LA bus electrification project

Chris Chavez, deputy policy director for the Coalition for Clean Air

Resources

To learn more about WSP’s work on zero emissions vehicles, click here

To learn more about LA Metro’s 2028 Vision Plan, click here

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