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Turning Public Transit into a Solar Paradigm

Singer-songwriter Paul Simon once advised that one of the 50 ways to leave your lover is to “hop on the bus, Gus.” But on Martha’s Vineyard, the popular vacation destination off the Massachusetts coast, hopping on the bus is one of the best ways to get around the storied island.

Hopping on a Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority (VTA) bus can provide a surprising glimpse of what may be an attractive, pollution- and carbon-free energy future. Half of the authority’s fleet—16 buses—are fully solar electric, from top to bottom, from carriage to storage, fueled from the sun. By 2027, the VTA says the entire bus fleet will be soaring 100% on solar and storage. Goodbye diesel fumes, geopolitical turmoil, and volatile prices. Hello quiet.

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