[EdwardEdm]

Did the city finally work out the repair contract issues with Proterra and get the electrics back on the road? I keep seeing an electric bus on Route 523 in the morning.

What you are seeing is a 523 block that does an AM peak round trip from Downtown to Mill Woods and back. ETS has either 12 or 14 blocks that they send out Proterra's on. The active fleet is about 14 or 15 buses, and ETS will rotate buses to maintain that number if an bus in service suffers a major failure. This level of use has been consistent for over a year now. This sign up there's quite a few blocks on the route 5, as well as at least one that does and 2 and 7, so they might be a bit more visible Downtown than previous sign ups.
While ETS has lost warranty support, the bigger problem is spare parts supply.
Banff just spent $1 million on 3 batteries for 2 Proterra's, and otherwise their fleet, mostly add ons to ETS's orders, have been doing ok.

 

[Edmcowboy11]

Very interesting video article
How this Small City built Light Rail gor cheap
I found it interesting how Edmonton Valley Line was in the price comparisons

 

[The_Cat]

Looking back, I think Edmonton’s timing was very good with proceeding with the Valley Line LRT.