Communities across the country are developing strategies to minimise greenhouse gas emissions, including lowering carbon emissions caused by public transportation.

“Supporting vibrant communities like ours starts with expanding clean and affordable transport options. Today’s funding announcement does just that by planning for the growth of Edmonton’s green transit infrastructure. This investment will lead to good paying jobs and healthier communities.”

The Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, on behalf of the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities

“Edmonton Transit Service helps reduce community greenhouse gas emissions by moving hundreds of thousands of riders each day, and, over the longer-term, we intend to build on those reductions by transitioning towards a zero emissions fleet. Through this project, we will gather more insight into how we can advance towards this goal.”

Mayor Amarjeet Sohi, City of Edmonton

“Embracing modes of transportation that combat climate change is a global imperative. The City of Edmonton’s willingness to work toward zero emissions public transit sends a strong message about its commitment to a sustainable future. At CUTRIC, we are determined to ensure low-carbon transportation becomes the norm, rather than the exception, and are proud to be supporting the City of Edmonton in its journey toward net zero.”

Josipa Petrunić, President and CEO of the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium 

• The Government of Canada is contributing $1,033,999 to this project through the Zero Emission Transit Fund (ZETF), and the City of Edmonton is contributing $258,499. 

• The ZETF helps communities transition to zero emission transit to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to Canada’s net-zero emissions targets. 

• This Fund is closely coordinated with the Canada Infrastructure Bank’s Zero Emission Bus Initiative through which the CIB has committed more than $1.5 billion to supporting the deployment of zero emission buses.

• Edmonton Transit Service is a fully integrated, progressive, easy-to-use public transit system that provides over 53 million rides each year. The City of Edmonton continues to be at the forefront of innovative transportation in Canada by transitioning towards zero emission buses.

• The ZETF complements Canada’s strengthened climate plan: A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy. The plan commits the federal government to providing permanent federal funding for public transit in support of making clean and affordable transportation options available in every community.

• The Government of Canada is investing $10 million through the ZETF over five years to help transit bus operators to complete planning work and increase their level of readiness to transition to zero emission bus fleets.

• CUTRIC’s mission is to support the commercialization of technologies through industry-led collaborative research, development, demonstration, and integration projects that bring innovative design to Canada’s low-carbon smart mobility ecosystem.

Associated links

• Zero Emission Transit Fund
• Canada Infrastructure Bank – Zero Emission Buses Initiative
• Federal infrastructure investments in Alberta

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