TriMet awarded $25 million for future home of zero-emissions bus and training operations July 1, 2024 by Mark Miller RAISE grant is vital for future Columbia Operations Facility to support TriMet’s goal of 100% clean energy buses by 2040 A federal grant will help move TriMet closer to our goal of a zero-emissions bus fleet — a necessary step for not only our agency to meet climate action goals, but for achieving state and […]
Extended-range electric buses supercharge TriMet’s zero-emissions push February 26, 2024 by Mark Miller Latest generation of GILLIG battery-electric buses could welcome riders aboard as soon as spring, improving our region’s livability and sustainability On a partly sunny February day, the first of a new generation of zero-emissions buses rolled into TriMet’s Columbia Operations Facility. The long-range battery-electric buses had been driven up to Portland from GILLIG’s manufacturing center […]