NJ Transit was one of 150 recipients of grants for low and zero emission bus fleets and infrastructure from the Federal Transit Administration.
The state transit agency will receive a $44.67 million grant to renovate the decommissioned Union City bus garage, announced by FTA officials on Tuesday and funded byThe north end of the property was leased to the Union City Department of Public Works to store vehicles, equipment, and road salt.
“Buses are the workhorses of the transit industry, millions of Americans rely on American made transit buses,” said Nuria Fernandez, FTA administrator during a press call about the grants. “The infrastructure law creates an unprecedented opportunity to improve the lives of millions who ride the bus.”
The grants were funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that provides $5.5 billion over five years for theDespite that higher funding level, there were 530 applications that were valued at more than $7 billion.
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