That purchase will paid for with a $5.15 million federal grant and a $2.2 million match from the state Transportation Trust Fund.ĭr. 25 bus line, between Irvington and Newark, when the second phase of the electric bus pilot begins. Four electric buses will be bought for the No.Last month, a $9.5 million contract was awarded to the firms WSP and STV to study and plan for a zero-emission bus program.In March, a $4.3 million contract was awarded to AECOM for stage one of the bus modernization program, which will include a design for renovations to the Hilton Garage and physical assessment of all 16 bus garages.

completed $3.2 million in upgrades to the Newton garage in Camden by installing 16 charging stations and related equipment.

In March, Vineland-based Scalfo Electric Inc.

Eight New Flyer buses were purchased last year for $9.4 million, which was almost entirely paid for with an $8 million grant from the Volkswagen emissions settlement.

Here is how more than $33 million has been spent or dedicated so far to begin the zero-emission transition at NJ Transit: The remaining seven buses should roll out before the end of the year.Īchieving those goals will require steep investment. Routes 455 and 457 will be next to begin service with electric buses. 'Camden also provides the ideal route structure and topography to test our electric buses under real-world conditions and analyze how they perform before expanding electric buses to the other parts of the state.' 'Like many densely populated cities in the state, Camden disproportionately bears the burden of ongoing effects of climate change and emissions, particularly from vehicles,' NJ Transit President and CEO Kevin Corbett said about why Camden was chosen for the pilot program. In the weeks before that, NJ Transit drivers and mechanics will be trained on the new buses, and Camden County's first responders will be familiarized with the technology in the event of a fire. 452 route, a 62-stop bus line from the Kroc Center that loops around the north end of the city to the 36th Street River Line light rail station.

The leafy-green, 40-foot, articulated New Flyer will hit the city streets Oct. A greener, cleaner chapter began for NJ Transit in Camden on Tuesday morning with the announcement of the rollout of its first electric bus.

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