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LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images 24 Jul 2021 An electric bus made by Proterra went up in flames while charging in a California city that is reportedly thinking about removing the electric buses from the road. The Washington Free Beacon reported Friday: The Foothill Transit agency, which serves the valleys surrounding Los Angeles, will decide on Friday whether costly Proterra buses purchased in the last decade are still operable. Problems cited by the agency include not only the bus that caught fire in what’s described as a “thermal event,” but also buses that melt in the California h...

Updated 2 hours ago NBC 5 News With COVID-19 vaccination rates falling, a new public site to get shots in arms will open next week at the El Monte Metro station, the transit agency said Friday. Jointly operated by Metro and the LA County Department of Public Health, the vaccine site will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from noon until 7 p.m. beginning on Tuesday, June 1, Metro said. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories. It will become the fourth vaccine site opened on the Metro public transit system. The station is a key t...

With COVID-19 vaccination rates falling, a new public site to get shots in arms will open next week at the El Monte Metro station, the transit agency said today.

Dive Brief: As public transit agencies electrify their bus fleets and other vehicles, they must ensure a just transition to protect workers who may be put out of work by the new technologies, transportation labor groups warned Monday. In a joint policy statement, leaders of two unions that represent transportation workers — the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) and the Transport Workers Union (TWU), alongside the Transportation Trades Department of  the AFL-CIO (TTD) — said transit agencies should be required to show the workforce impacts of buying electric vehicles (EVs), establish a nati...

Need a COVID-19 Vaccine? Visit Your Local Transit Center Across the country, transit agencies are getting involved in vaccination efforts. Many are giving people free rides to vaccine sites via bus, train or light rail routes, or are using their fleets for door-to-door pickup. by Jenni Bergal, Stateline / April 12, 2021 When Foothill Transit officials opened a new $24 million, three-level bus depot and park-and-ride garage last March in Covina, California, they figured it would get lots of use. But about two weeks later, the pandemic hit and ridership plumm...