The US Department of Transportation is distributing $1.66 billion in grants to cities and states around the country to update bus fleets to lower-emission vehicles, in an effort to make public transit green. than.
About 1,800 buses will be purchased, with the White House saying 1,100 of them will be zero emissions, according to the report. Reuters. That number would almost double the 1,300 zero-emission transit buses currently available across the United States
All this comes from $1 trillion infrastructure bill signed in 2021. Part of that bill is meant to help cities and states replace aging, heavily polluting bus fleets.
According to the American Public Transportation Association, buses accounted for about half of the 10 billion U.S. transit buses in 2019. But there are still very few green buses — just 18% of the 72,000 transit buses. of the United States is an electric hybrid by 2020, according to the American Public Transportation Association.
Public transit is impacted by COVID-19 as tens of millions of Americans work from home and limit business and travel travel, but systems are reporting increased usage as Americans turn around. back to the office and travel.
Localities that will be offered a more substantial amount of funding include New York City, Los Angeles, Memphis, Massachusetts Bay and New Jersey. According to Reuters, $116 million in trillion-dollar infrastructure funding will go to MTA, one of the busiest transit systems in the country. The MTA says it is directing funding to buy 230 electric buses – essentially electrifying only 4% of its 5,800 buses. Los Angeles and Massachusetts Bay have similar goals to the MTA – Los Angeles gets $104.1 million, and Massachusetts Bay, $116 million.
“These grants will be used everywhere in this country,” White House infrastructure coordinator Mitch Landrieu told reporters.
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Altogether, the country will receive a total of $7.5 billion over five years to fund new buses and repair current bus infrastructure, including transportation and maintenance facilities.
