Roseville future-proofing EV bus routes
(FOX40.COM) — The City of Roseville is future-proofing its public transit system with the planned installation of on-route bus chargers for the city’s incoming fully electric buses, according to a news release from the city.
Starting sometime in the first half of the year, two bus charging stations will be placed at Roseville Transit stops in the parking lot of the Westfield Galleria Mall.
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The city currently has four of its transit routes serving the Galleria area with four stops in the immediate area of the mall and one across Galleria Boulevard at the Ridge at Creekside shopping mall.
These overhead charging stations will charge buses as apart of a new service called Rapid Link, which will offer weekday services between Lincoln, Roseville and the Watt/I-80 Sacramento Regional Transit light rail station, according to the city.
The project is estimated to cost $2.8 million and is funded by grants from Solutions for Congested Corridors, South Placer Regional Transportation Authority (SPRTA), Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP) and Placer County Clean Air Funds.
The city said that no general fund dollars will be spent on the project and they are expecting to have the charging stations open sometime in 2025.
Electrifying Roseville’s Bus Fleet
As the state is looking to have all fleet transit vehicles operating with all zero-emission vehicles by 2040, Roseville has already begun to phase their internal combustion engine (ICE) buses for fully electric buses.
In September of 2022, the city was awarded $11.5 million from the Federal Transit Administration to allow the city to purchase seven commuter electric buses, eight electric on-demand buses and the needed infrastructure to operate the buses.
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The federal funding paid for more than a majority of the upfront costs of transitioning the bus fleet from ICE to fully-electric and the remaining costs were covered by local transportation funds.
“The switch from clean diesel to fully-electric buses will lower fuel and maintenance costs and allow the electricity to be supplied by Roseville Electric Utility, the city wrote in a 2022 news release. “Furthermore, the battery-powered buses will reduce emissions and improve the region’s air quality and bolster transit as a smart growth approach to alternative transportation.”
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