CALSTART Partners With Three Awardees to Deploy Vehicles
PASADENA, CA--(Marketwired - Feb 6, 2015) - The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) this week announced awards to 10 project teams to deploy 55 low and no emission fuel cell, battery electric and electric hybrid buses in neighborhoods from Stockton, California to Canto, Ohio. 38 of the 55 will be either electric or fuel cell powered and produce zero tailpipe emissions.
"This critical FTA program will help spur the growth of the advanced tech bus industry in the United States, which is a crucial part of the effort to meet our national air quality and climate challenges," said CALSTART President and CEO John Boesel. "We are especially pleased to be working with three of the FTA awardees and helping to make zero buses competitive with existing diesel technology," he continued.
Newly established under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), the FTA's LoNo program focuses on deploying the cleanest and most energy-efficient U.S.-made transit buses designed to cut carbon pollution and other traditional pollutants. Grants from the LoNo program help transit agencies integrate more of these cutting-edge buses into their fleets.
The FTA provided a total of $54,469,249 in total for 10 projects nationwide. FTA received 50 project proposals requesting a total of $200 million. See the FTA's web site for more details: http://www.fta.dot.gov/grants/15926_16268.html
CALSTART will work with three partner transit agencies on projects totaling nearly $24 million. The organization will assist its partners by providing various consulting services, such as data collection, analysis, surveys, specification alignment, and transit bus acquisition services.
CALSTART partners awarded grants include the following projects:
About CALSTART
CALSTART and its 140+ member companies are dedicated to expanding and supporting a clean transportation industry that cleans the air, creates jobs and economic opportunities, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and secures our transportation energy future. For further information visit www.calstart.org
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