Why are VTA and SamTrans working together on this project?
In February 2000, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted a new regulation to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) emitted by public transit buses. In December 2000, VTA’s Board of Directors formally adopted the low-emission diesel path as its approach for complying with CARB’s regulation. A number of other public transit operators in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Metropolitan Area took similar action, including the San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans), San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI), Alameda-Contra Costa Transit (AC Transit), and Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.
