The Knowledge Center at Spika Design & Manufacturing, Inc., in conjunction with OSHA’s 2021 Safe + Sound Week presents a recording of a special event on the Zero-Emission Transit Bus Technology Analysis (ZETBTA) study recently published by The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), with Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy (Here is a link to the study for your ready reference: https://www.actransit.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/EDT-060420_Report-ZETBTA.pdf). 

The featured speakers in this virtual fireside chat were:

• H. E. Christian (Chris) Peeples, At-Large Director, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, and
• Jimmy Chen, Ph.D., Managing Director, SECA – Stanford Energy Corporate Affiliates, Precourt Institute for Energy.

The virtual session was moderated by Spika Design & Manufacturing’s President & CEO, Katie Spika, and Vice President & Director of Sales, Bekhi Spika. The goal of this Knowledge Center event was to help the audience better understand the impacts of the study and among other things, understand how manufacturers and buyers of zero-emission mass transit buses ought to consider safety and training for the maintenance of the buses, especially with regard to safe access at heights and cantilevers. This event is a part of OSHA’s Safe + Sound Week 2021.

Time-stamped knowledge components of this presentation:

• 00:02:19   About AC Transit and the genesis of the ZETBTA study published in June 2021
• 00:04:42   Stanford University's role in the ZETBTA study
• 00:06:55   Fuel cell technology and how the global energy transformation impacts transportation
• 00:11:00   Why hydrogen fuel cell technology is not yet well known, and matters of energy storage
• 00:18:20   Hydrogen as a zero emission fuel - the "new diesel".
• 00:22:00   Price and costs of zero emission fuel and bus, pace of innovation and transition plans.
• 00:28:05   On AC Transit's decision to take the initiative for the ZETBTA study
• 00:32:37   What are you learning from the ZETBTA study?
• 00:33:40   Specifications of the buses in the study and understanding some of the data.
• 00:44:38   Other aspects that need to be understood as the ZETBTA study continues
• 00:46:10   AC Transit's Zero Emission University
• 00:48:56   Safety considerations in Zero Emission Bus technologies.
• 00:54:00   Why is there a straw broom behind the driver of a fuel cell bus?
• 00:55:00   Are maintenance costs in a Zero Emission Bus lower?
• 00:58:20   Infrastructure changes in the emerging field of Zero Emission transit.
• 01:00:01   The global spread of ZEB technologies.

For more programs like this one, please visit Spika Design & Manufacturing's Knowledge Center at https://spikamfg.com/knowledge.