Ma eyapoti a JFK, LaGuardia ndi Newark akuyendetsa zombo zapansi panthaka

Port Authority ya New York ndi New Jersey igula magalimoto 18 a Proterra Catalyst E2 kuti ayende pa John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) ndi LaGuardia Airport (LGA), yoyimira imodzi mwamagetsi akulu kwambiri Kudzipereka kwa mabasi oyang'anira eyapoti iliyonse ku United States. Mabasi asanu ndi amodzi amagetsi omwe amagwiritsa ntchito batire ali kale ku JFK, pomwe LGA ndi EWR aliyense amatumiza ena asanu ndi mmodzi mu 2019.

"Port Authority ikupitilizabe kufunafuna njira zatsopano komanso zokometsera chilengedwe kuti zithandizire kukula kwa eyapoti," atero a Executive Director a Port Authority a Rick Cotton. "Pogwiritsa ntchito eyapoti yokhazikika komanso kupereka mwayi kwa anthu okwera ndege, tikupitilizabe kudzipereka kuti tithandizire kuchepetsa kaboni."

Port Authority imagwira ntchito ndi JFK, LGA ndi EWR, zomwe zonse pamodzi ndi oyendetsa ndege kwambiri ku United States. JFK imatumiza anthu opitilira 59 miliyoni pachaka, kuphatikiza okwera ndege apadziko lonse lapansi ku United States, okhala ndi 32 miliyoni pachaka. Ndi mwayi wopeza mabasi amagetsi a Proterra, okwera ndege akutha kusangalala ndi ukadaulo waukadaulo wa zero-emission, kuphatikiza kuwongolera mpweya wabwino pagulu komanso zokumana nazo zamakono, zopanda phokoso.

Kukhazikitsidwa kwa JFK kumakulitsa mayendedwe amagetsi a Proterra kudutsa East Coast, ndikuthandizira zolinga za New York ndi New Jersey zokulitsa kulimba kwa mayendedwe, kuchepetsa kusokonekera komanso kukonza mpweya wabwino.

Ndi kuwonjezera kwa JFK, LGA ndi EWR, ma eyapoti asanu ndi awiri aku US alamula kapena kuyendetsa mabasi amagetsi a Proterra, kuphatikiza Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) ya Silicon Valley, Airport ya Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU), Sacramento International Airport ( SMF) ndi Honolulu International Airport (HNL), zomwe zikutsindika zomwe zachitika posachedwa poyendetsa magetsi pazoyendetsa ndege. M'mbuyomu kugwa kwa nyumba yamalamulo, Nyumba Yamalamulo idasainira lamulo lalamulo la zaka zisanu la FAA Reauthorization Bill, lomwe limakulitsa ndalama zotulutsa ziro ndi ndalama zogwirira ntchito pansi pa Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE) Program. Ma eyapoti aku US tsopano ali oyenera kulandira ndalama zothandizira pulogalamu ya VALE m'malo osapezekapo omwe amanyamula okwera kupita nawo m'malo opita kubwalo la eyapoti panjira zodzipereka zokhazokha, ndipo ndalama za FAA zitha kuphatikizidwanso ndi kubwereketsa batire kapena basi.

Mu 2016, Port Authority idalandira Mphotho ya Green Fleet, yomwe idazindikira kuti ndi ndege zobiriwira kwambiri pakati pa eyapoti. Kugwiritsa ntchito mabasi 18 a Catalyst m'malo mwa magalimoto a dizilo kumatha kupewa mapaundi pafupifupi 49.5 miliyoni a mpweya wa CO2 pazaka 12 za mabasi ndikusunga ma galoni opitilira 2 miliyoni a mafuta a dizilo. Kuphatikiza pa zabwino zachilengedwe, mabasi amagetsi atsopano akuyembekezeka kukhudza kwenikweni zomwe Port Authority ikucita chifukwa chotsika mtengo kwa ntchito yokonza ndi ntchito.

"Kutumizidwa kumeneku ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zazikulu zopangira magalimoto opanda zero kwa oyang'anira eyapoti iliyonse ku US, ndipo tikuyamikira cholinga cha Port Authority chosinthira magalimoto awo onse kuukadaulo wamagalimoto amagetsi," atero a Ryan Popple, CEO wa Proterra. “Ndife onyadira kuthandiza New York ndi New Jersey kukhazikitsa ukadaulo wama bus amagetsi pama eyapoti onse a Port Authority. Ma eyapoti a Kennedy, LaGuardia ndi Newark Liberty ndi njira yolowera m'dziko lathu. Mabasi amagetsi oyera a Proterra - opangidwa ndikupangidwa ku America - apanga chidwi chachikulu kwaomwe akuyenda padziko lonse lapansi. ”