Two questions about cities and their public transit infrastructure - eviltoast

It’s been said many times already but cities really need to get their public transit in order so they can fix traffic congestation and improve the lives of their residents but I still have some questions about some ideas I had.

  1. How much would it cost for a city to electrify their entire bus fleet? Yes, people taking the bus is still a good thing but a lot buses still run on some fossil fuel.

  2. How much would it cost a city with no rail/metro infrastructure to create it from scratch?

  • Venator@lemmy.nz
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    1 month ago

    In nz they import quite a few of them second hand, so the median bus age will be closer to the average here.

    But yeah they might last a bit longer here too if they’re putting less mileage on them as our busses are not very frequent…