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More than $191 million in federal funding will help three transit agencies replace aging rail vehicles and support a new autonomous shuttle service in Chattanooga.
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ARRA funds will in part enable Intercity Transit to purchase six 40-foot, low-floor hybrid diesel electric buses. The entire manufacturing order will total approximately $3.6 million.
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Sustainability is being looked at in a more comprehensive way, with a new focus on economic and social impacts in addition to environmental. Growing trends include committee development and creating long-term strategies.
Read More →Includes a Website outlining authorization proposals and supplying facts about America's transportation infrastructure, as well as a host of examples and information on issues ranging from safety and congestion to freight and transit.
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For the first time, more than 16,000 riders who board buses daily on the 16th Street Line in Northwest Washington have the option to ride a new limited-stop service.
Read More →Under the announced plan, Cummins will phase out its turbocharger manufacturing operation at Leeds Avenue while at the same time expanding operations at its facility in the Palmetto Industrial Park in Ladson, which it opened in 2006.
Read More →Facility will be equipped with two fast-fill CNG dispensers plus 24 time-fill CNG dispensers to supply fuel for the OSU’s growing CNG campus bus fleet. The school plans to acquire and deploy 24 new CNG transit buses and 150 CNG fleet vehicles in the next three years, with up to 500 fleet vehicles anticipated within 10 years.
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Others present included Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Transportation Secretary Raymond LaHood; Education Secretary Arne Duncan; Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan; Agriculture Secretary Kenneth Vilsack, and former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale.
Read More →Projects target improved passenger and maintenance facilities, safety and security, information technology, operations and equipment.
Read More →Greenhouse gas and energy reduction grant will be awarded on the basis of how much the proposed capital investment is expected to reduce either energy consumption or greenhouse gases. Funds will provide grants to Indian tribes for capital expenditures including transit equipment and facilities.
Read More →Agency will use funding to purchase: 10 new 30-foot gasoline-electric hybrid buses for use on neighborhood Mini Blue lines; three 60-foot flexible articulated buses that will be added to the busy Rapid 3 and Rapid 7 lines; and up to three 40-foot alternative fueled buses (manufactured by ElDorado National) that will replace several of the agency’s older diesel models.
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