Park City Transit Enhanced Electrification

Post Date:02/01/2024 9:03 PM

News Release – For Immediate Release 
Clayton Scrivner, Communications Manager 
clayton.scrivner@parkcity.org 
(801) 597-8108 

February 1, 2024  

Park City Transit Enhances Electrification Efforts with Rocky Mountain Power Boost 

 

Park City, UT – Park City Transit (PCT) has taken another step toward a sustainable future with the recent approval of an incentive to support the installation of three electric vehicle (EV) chargers.  

Made possible through Rocky Mountain Power’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program, which aims to alleviate the infrastructure costs associated with the transition to an electrified fleet, the award allows PCT to accelerate its timeline to complete its move toward zero emissions.  

“With Rocky Mountain Power's make-ready incentives, PCT continues its journey to an eco-friendly fleet,” said Transit Manager Kim Fjeldsted. “This collaboration empowers green transit, overcoming infrastructure challenges and ensuring a smoother, and more efficient transit system for our community." 

Two depot chargers will be strategically placed within PCT’s bus barn at Park City Public Works, with an additional fast charge overhead model to be located on short line drive. These chargers will play a pivotal role in facilitating the operation of seven new Gilig E-buses currently enroute for delivery. The depot chargers are projected to be operational by 2025, with the overhead charger scheduled for installation in June 2024.  

The enhanced transition to electric buses aligns with Park City's ongoing commitment to sustainability, a journey that began in mid-2016 when the city first incorporated electric buses into its transit fleet. 

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Although wildfires are a healthy part of many ecosystems in the Intermountain West, the risk from catastrophic wildfires continues to increase in communities like Park City. Years of fire suppression, coupled with a hotter and drier climate and the continued development of subdivisions close to forestlands, presents the difficult challenge of trying to protect communities while also managing fire in a way that does not exacerbate climate change.

In 2019, Park City was among eight communities to recently receive a Leader in Community Resilience Program award from the National League of Cities (NLC). The award will support the city’s work in developing a biochar program to reduce excess forest fire fuels such as brush and wood debris, and return that carbon to Park City's soils.

Biochar is a charcoal-like material that can be used in carbon sequestration efforts. It is made by burning the excess forest fuels in an oxygen-free environment. Biochar is rich in carbon and in this case, will be collected from defensible spaces, that is the natural or landscaped area around a structure that is maintained and designed to reduce fire dangerPark City held a public demonstration in May 2019 to teach the public about how biochar is made, where it can be used on the landscape, and how it can reduce fire danger locally.

The forests surrounding most structures in the community contain a lot of poor-quality lumber that has the potential to be turned into biochar. This biochar, in turn, can be applied to farm fields and open spaces.

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