Brookville Smart Energy Bus Depot Project Reaches Completion
By Will Kenlaw, Program Manager: Marketing, Advertising & Customer Relations, Montgomery County Department of Transportation
M CDOT recently completed its first micro-grid solar energy project to power its expanding fleet of electric buses. The Brookville Smart Energy Bus Depot will service 44 new electric buses within MCDOT’s Ride On fleet by 2023. MCDOT’s goal is to transition its fleet of buses to all electric by 2035. MCDOT currently replaces an average of 10% of the buses per year, per Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) guidelines. “The Brookville Smart Energy Bus Depot project falls in line with our ambitious climate action plan to reduce all carbon emissions by 2035 ,” said County Executive Marc Elrich. “This bus depot is one component of many County projects that is making a difference for our environment such as converting our fleets to electric
and reducing harmful emissions. This infrastructure project will improve the County’s resilience and we are proud to be at the forefront amongst local governments when it comes to projects like this.” “MCDOT has committed to a zero- emissions fleet by 2035,” said MCDOT Director Chris Conklin. “We’ve started the transition with the purchase of fourteen electric buses so far. The Brookville microgrid project will charge these and future buses allowing us to provide great service in an environmentally responsible way.”
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