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The electric buses will replace five diesel buses, which have been in service since 1999 and have logged more than 500,000 miles each. The diesel buses consume a combined 39,114 gallons of diesel fuel each year.
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The Republican platform, which stated that public transportation is "an inherently local affair that serves only a small portion of the population," also opposes increasing the federal gas tax.
Read More →The federal government had previously committed to providing $775 million for public transit infrastructure in the Montreal area over the next three years.
Read More →The long-awaited commuter rail project would connect downtown Fort Worth to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport and could begin construction in July.
Read More →Funding identified in President Obama’s 2016-17 budget for 4.1-mile Santa Ana/Garden Grove project.
Read More →With more money from the federal level, transit agencies will be able to make crucial infrastructure fixes, replace vehicles and possibly dust off “wish list” improvements projects long-shelved due to lack of capital. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority knows what a difference government support of public transportation can make.
Read More →Was cleared to switch an $8.1 million federal grant for 26 hybrid, articulated buses to 27 standard-sized electric buses under a plan approved earlier this month by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
Read More →Authorizes $305 billion in funding for federal surface transportation programs for fiscal year (FY) 2016 through FY 2020 with funding for 2016 at $58.2 billion, which is $3.6 billion or 6.6% above 2015 levels.
Read More →The agencies thought they had won a federal court victory late last year, when a judge ruled that the state law did not violate a federal prohibition against interfering with public employees' collective bargaining rights, but the Labor Department is still enforcing the rule.
Read More →The campaign comes after transportation officials called out Congress for passing a three-month, short-term extension to crucial highway funding before cutting out for August recess.
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