Contractor purchased three electric buses for the local DASH service in Hollywood. Two buses will be in full-time operation. The third bus will be a back-up. The current technology allows full-day operation at normal bus operating speeds, operation of air-conditioning, power steering, wheelchair lifts, and other bus amenities.
1173000.00
The DASH system operates within Hollywood. The neighborhoods serviced are provided emission (noise and pollutant) free transit service.
Based upon two vehicles each operating 9 hours per day, 307 days per year, and using the California Air Resources Board standards for 1991, and later, models, it is estimated that the following emissions will be eliminated annually: Carbon Monoxide, 153 pounds; Nitrogen Oxides, 4,186 pounds; and Particulates, 220 pounds.
Details of the maintenance and operation of the two buses, ridership information and monthly costs and revenues.