WMATA will assess the interoperability of the buses with charging infrastructure from multiple manufacturers and evaluate performance in real world conditions for up to 12 months. The buses will begin arriving in late 2022 and are anticipated to enter service out of the Shepherd Parkway Bus Division in 2023. WMATA expects to purchase 12 electric buses and associated charging equipment in 2022 as part of its Battery-Electric Bus Test and Evaluation Program, which is supported with a $4.2-million Federal Transit Administration grant. WMATA says it will need $1-2 billion in capital investment over more than 20 years to meet the transition target. WMATA’s Board approved in June 2021 the agency’s transition to a 100 percent zero-emission bus fleet by 2045, with a full transition to electric or other zero-emission bus purchases by 2030. Updated information shared includes how the agency will transition to a zero-emission bus fleet by 2045 including testing and evaluation, infrastructure and facility upgrades and procurement efforts.
A reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of the suspect. Callers may remain anonymous.Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has updated some details of its transition to a zero-emission bus fleet while it continues to develop its Transition Plan, which lays out a phased approach and associated costs for investment in fleet, facilities, internal workforce and operations to support a zero-emission bus service. The suspect followed Cunningham off the bus and stabbed Cunningham. Detectives are asking for any passengers on the bus before the stabbing to contact the Major Crimes Division at 24. Anyone with information regarding this suspect or this crime, is asked to contact Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).
Homicide detectives responded to the scene and through the course of the investigation, learned that Cunningham, who was a passenger on a WMATA Metro bus, got into an argument with an unknown male suspect. The bus driver stopped the bus in front of the parking garage on Amherst Ave. Cunningham was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at approximately 12:23 p.m., 4th District officers responded to a stabbing that just occurred in front of Montgomery County Public Parking Garage #45, in the 11300 block of Amherst Ave. Upon Arrival, officers located 28-year-old Amontae Robert Cunningham of Rockville, with what appeared to be a stab wound. Per MCPD: Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Major Crimes Division, are investigating a fatal stabbing on Amherst Ave.
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