Muni’s Dream of An Electric Fleet of SF Buses Suddenly Looks Much More Like the Present

That plan would have even phased out trolleys — buses with rooftop forks connecting to overhead wires — which debuted on city streets more than 80 years ago and are, in the words of one advocate this week, “tried and true.” Going exclusively plug-in, including a conversion of bus maintenance yards into charging stations, would have cost more than $1.5 billion, the agency’s transit director Julie Kirschbaum said Tuesday. The new goals are more of a lane change than a U-turn. But they illustrate how external forces, such as the pandemic disruption and voter discontent, can force a rethink of goals and regulations. <a href="https://thefrisc.com/munis-dream-of-an-electric-fleet-of-sf-buses-suddenly-looks-much-more-like-the-present-3ba4aa6b0e11">Read More</a>