Lessons from San Francisco: 150 years of electric public transport

San Francisco has been a pioneer of electric public transport systems for more than a century. As more countries around the world look to electrification of public transit to decarbonize, many are hitting the same barriers: large upfront costs and a lack of strong local or national policy. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is not only the country’s oldest public transit agency, but also its longest operator of electric fleets. Read more about the special circumstances and lessons of the MUNI electric experience in this article: https://www.power-technology.com/features/san-francisco-150-years-electric-public-transport/?cf-view by Annabel Cossins-Smith for Power Technology trade website.