TTC: Electric and alternative fuel buses

[cplchanb]

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Its almost like they are using the emergency brake application to stop at a bus stop, imagine a person who is injured or disabled trying to hold on for dear life?

I was sitting in a row of 3 and it knocked me over one seat because they brake so.hard.

Most drivers probably dont know how to brake an e bus probably and are just using old bus muscle memory. There probably is no driver conversion training other than controls famil

 

[turini2]

I'm actually surprised there sticking with this EV agenda, when everyone appears to be backing away from it.

[citation needed]

• NYC has a target of 2040 for a 100% ZE fleet, with over 80 electric buses in service and nearly 1,400 on order
• London will have a 100% ZE fleet by 2034, over 2,000 electric buses in service
• Moscow has over 2,500 electric buses in service
• Paris has over 1,100 electric buses in service

No, transit agencies are not "backing away" from it

 

[PL1]

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Most drivers probably dont know how to brake an e bus probably and are just using old bus muscle memory. There probably is no driver conversion training other than controls famil

I have seen that the type of bus I get the same time each morning is the same, but the driver is the same. It probably takes a bit to get used to the change in brake (and acceleration) sensitivity. I notice this each time I get a new Zipcar. Of course, some drivers are less gentle...

 

[Steve X]

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Most drivers probably dont know how to brake an e bus probably and are just using old bus muscle memory. There probably is no driver conversion training other than controls famil

It’s much easier if they never drove a gasoline/diesel car before. However an all electric generation growing up is still decades away. It will still be difficult if they will have to drive a diesel bus and a gas car to get to work.