Rural EV Microtransit Business Plan

A New Plan for Better Service

Walker assembled an internal team with extensive experience in transit policy and strategy, electric vehicle policy, shared use mobility, transportation modeling, financial analysis, and transit technology. With a rigorous analysis of residents' needs, Walker then created a business plan for implementation of an electric vehicle rural rideshare/carshare pilot to expand service and decrease costs. Walker also created a plan to expand and make more efficient the FCRTA’s existing rural service. Finally, Walker identified traditional and innovative funding sources for the plan's implementation.

The new service exclusively uses electric vehicles to reduce environmental impacts, as Fresno County experiences some of the worst air quality in the nation.

Walker worked with the FCRTA and a private operator to implement the microtransit/rideshare business plan and continues to partner with the agency to monitor and adjust service based on demand. The new service will help small, disadvantaged communities across Fresno County fill their transit gaps cost-effectively.

Transit Microgrid System Serves the Community

Working on the next phase of electrification with FCRTA, Walker is leading the planning, research, development, outreach, design, and implementation of a transit microgrid system that will power a 100 percent electric zero-emission bus fleet.

The microgrids will create local community resiliency hubs that that store power for emergencies, provide car share, bike share, and personal electric vehicle charging, rain gardens, food trucks, cooling stations, Wi-Fi locations, and other amenities to support economic development and resiliency.