{"id":798742,"date":"2019-08-21T14:01:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T20:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=370243"},"modified":"2019-08-21T14:01:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T20:01:16","slug":"breckenridge-gets-electric-buses-encourages-visitors-not-to-rent-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/breckenridge-gets-electric-buses-encourages-visitors-not-to-rent-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Breckenridge gets electric buses, encourages visitors not to rent cars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two new electric buses are scheduled to be added to the town of Breckenridge routes by the second week of September.<\/strong>
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BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 The town of Breckenridge is working to increase public transportation, encourage visitors not to rent a car and improve sustainability. To address these goals, the town purchased two fully electric buses, which will be added to the current Breckenridge public transit routes, replacing two diesel buses. <\/p>\n

The buses were purchased using grant money given to the town of Breckenridge and Summit County in 2018<\/a> by the Federal Transport Authority.<\/p>\n

One bus currently is being tested and used for mechanical and driver training, but both buses are scheduled to be added to routes by the second week of September. The buses will be charged at the recently constructed Bus Barn, which can fit up to six buses.<\/p>\n

The buses are part of the town\u2019s plan to encourage visitors to not bring cars into Breckenridge when they visit. Town spokeswoman Haley Littleton explained that not having to deal with a car or parking in Breckenridge can reduce stress while on vacation.<\/p>\n

The idea is feasible, she said, because shuttles \u2014 which are equipped to drive in the mountains \u2014 bring visitors to Breckenridge from Denver International Airport. Once visitors arrive in Breckenridge, gondolas, the free bus system and walking paths make everything in town accessible.<\/p>\n

As for residents, the electric buses enhance the Green Commutes<\/a> program, which encourages employees to use sustainable methods of transportation for their commutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe town has some multimodal goals for residents and visitors to help us achieve our goals for the climate action plan,\u201d Breckenridge Sustainability Coordinator Jessie Burley said.<\/p>\n

The major goals of the climate action plan are to reduce emissions by 25% by 2030 and 91% by 2050. While the new buses might seem like a small step toward that goal, they will prevent about 229,167 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions<\/a> annually. The new buses also are larger than the existing buses, allowing them to transport more people in a single trip.<\/p>\n

While more sustainable transportation options will help to achieve the goal, people have to use them in order to cut down on carbon emissions. A May survey showed that only 16% of Breckenridge residents use public transit. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe buses alone are not going to get people out of their cars,\u201d Burley said. \u201cIt has to be a comprehensive option, but once we get the buses here, we can work on encouraging people to use public transport.\u201d<\/p>\n

The electric buses are part of the town of Breckenridge\u2019s transit master plan project. Once the new buses are implemented, the next step is to evaluate the buses for efficiency and determine where best to use them on the routes. The transit master plan project is expected to be completed in the fall, and more diesel buses are eventually expected to be replaced by electric buses.<\/p>\n

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Two new electric buses are scheduled to be added to the town of Breckenridge routes by the second week of September.Courtesy photo BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 The town of Breckenridge is working to increase public transportation, encourage visitors not to rent a car and improve sustainability. To address these goals, the town purchased two fully electric buses, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-798742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 10:09:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}