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replacing an existing fleet of diesel transit buses with all EV literally pays for itself in lower maintenance and operating costs, even though the vehicles themselves cost as much as 50% more.
a couple of cost examples: the 15 mile extension (to the southwest burbs) of the LRT line that connects the downtowns of minneapolis and saint paul will end up with a final cost of around $200 million per mile. new underground subway lines/extensions in nyc have been built at costs over $1-2 billion per mile.
I think battery buses require extra road maintenance because they're so heavy. They'd be required to use truck routes or their roads would have to be updated to handle those weights.
Also EV charging infrastructure is not nothing.
In general, trolleybuses are probably the best electrification method, but people get mad about catenary.
Its also easier to give priority to a trolley because it is on rails and far more predictable.