US Government to Provide $1.7 Billion to Buy Electric and Low-Emission Buses
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US Government to Provide $1.7 Billion to Buy Electric and Low-Emission Buses
US Government to Provide $1.7 Billion , to Buy Electric and Low-Emission Buses.
The Department of Transportation is giving nearly $1.7 billion in grants to 46 states and territories to buy eco-friendly buses, ABC News reports.
The grants are funded by the
2021 infrastructure bill.
Every day, millions of Americans climb aboard over 60,000 buses to get to work, to school, doctor’s appointments, everywhere they need to be, Pete Buttigieg, Transportation Secretary, via statement.
These are unprecedented levels of investment when it comes to putting modern cleaner buses on the road, Pete Buttigieg, Transportation Secretary, via statement.
This is the second round of funding for buses and infrastructure, ABC News reports.
America has invested $3.3 billion
in the projects to date.
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$5 billion more is expected to be awarded throughout the next three years.
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The Biden administration says the new buses will contribute to better public health since less exhaust will be expelled into the air.
Seattle, D.C., Iowa City and New York's
Seneca Nation are among some of
the cities to receive the grants
ABC News' Zohreen Shah conducted a fireside chat between honorees, CORE co-founders Sean Penn and Ann Lee, at THR's Social Impact Summit. Penn and Lee both received the honor for Philanthropic Organization of the Year following the conversation.
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