SAN JOSE, CA – Jakes Associates, Inc. (JAI), a leading transit, alternative fuel engineering and procurement management firm, has secured the coveted position of providing technical and commercial expertise to the Advanced Transit Vehicle Consortium (ATVC), a coalition of public entities consisting of the L.A. MTA, the City of Los Angeles, and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD).  In this newly established position, JAI will provide assistance in the areas of new transit vehicle technologies and new vehicle technology procurement, testing, and deployment.

Facing rapidly increasing emission regulatory pressures and out of control petroleum costs, ATVC selected JAI to further assist in a variety of new programs, including: forensic systems analysis, technology economic assessment. new Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) system concept developments, composite vehicle systems, and many others.