Zero Emission Buses.
Cleaner Air.

BC Transit is making it happen.

With assistance from the Province of British Columbia and the Government of Canada, BC Transit will purchase 20 hydrogen fuel cell buses and the hydrogen to fuel them.

The first bus will be delivered in the summer, 2008. Once the first bus is approved for service, we will order the additional buses for delivery by 2009.

Hydrogen fuel cell buses produce no harmful emissions or greenhouse gas tailpipe emissions. At maturity, life cycle costs for fuel cell buses are expected to be lower than today's conventional buses.

The purchase of these fuel cell buses and hydrogen fuel, reinforce BC's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Results from past tests of fuel-cell powered transit buses are valuable, but the tests were restricted to small numbers of buses in any one location. BC Transit will be the first to fully integrate an entire hydrogen fuel cell bus fleet into a transit system.

As demonstrated by the unprecedented purchase of a fuel cell powered transit fleet, BC Transit leads the way in identifying and adopting innovative technology and cleaner fuels.