Adrian Brandt
@no-bull.bsky.social
Longtime Caltrain advocate/wonk. Acting Caltrain CAC chair.
Evidence- & fact-based skeptic. Question everything. No belief is sacred.
I ❤️ politics, public policy, transit/trains, travel, SCUBA, baking & eating good bread, and keeping my German fluent.
Evidence- & fact-based skeptic. Question everything. No belief is sacred.
I ❤️ politics, public policy, transit/trains, travel, SCUBA, baking & eating good bread, and keeping my German fluent.
@Caltrain reports its new⚡️trains are drawing much less ⚡️ (100% carbon-free!) from the grid than projected. And that ~40% of ⚡️ drawn is being regenerated into the catenary during braking. About half of that is being used by other trains and half is pushed back into the grid.
December 18, 2024 at 1:56 AM
@Caltrain reports its new⚡️trains are drawing much less ⚡️ (100% carbon-free!) from the grid than projected. And that ~40% of ⚡️ drawn is being regenerated into the catenary during braking. About half of that is being used by other trains and half is pushed back into the grid.