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"The funding will be used to procure battery-electric buses, furthering WMATA’s transition to a 100% zero-emission bus fleet by 2045," Eleanor Holmes Norton said.
WASHINGTON — Metro's plans for low- and no- emission buses and facilities just got a financial boost with the help of an over $100 million grant, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton announced Monday.
Norton said that Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) will receive a $104 million grant from the Federal Transit Authority after she wrote a letter supporting WMATA's grant application. The grant was funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a law that Norton heavily helped to shape through her work as Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
"I'm pleased with today's announcement that WMATA will receive a $104 million grant for low- and no-emission buses and bus facilities after I wrote a letter supporting its grant application," Norton said in a news release. "The funding will be used to procure battery-electric buses, furthering WMATA’s transition to a 100% zero-emission bus fleet by 2045, improving air quality, providing sustainable transportation, and addressing climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the nation's capital.”
After I wrote a letter in support of its application, WMATA will receive a $104 million grant funded by the BIL for low- and no-emission buses, providing sustainable transportation to improve air quality in DC.
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