STIMULUS FUNDS * USA - Federal money will buy new buses
Kenosha,WI,USA -The Kenosha News, by MATTHEW OLSON -April 22, 2009: -- The city of Kenosha is en route to receive about $2.4 million in federal transit money, the majority of which will go toward five new buses... Gov. Jim Doyle announced the city’s recommended portion of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Tuesday... The majority of the city’s share will go toward to replacing older buses with new 35-foot long buses. The five new vehicles are expected to cost $1.8 million and operate on clean diesel fuel, which is about 40 percent more fuel-efficient than regular diesel fuel...
* Cities See Hybrid Buses Down the Road
Green Bay,WI,USA -WBAY, by Kristin Byrne -April 22, 2009: -- Some transit systems in our state are taking a big step toward going green. They plan to use federal stimulus money to buy hybrid buses... Several transit systems in Northeast Wisconsin requested significant amounts of stimulus money for different projects... Green Bay requested about $3 million for things like new buses and a new surveillance system... Oshkosh wants about $2 million. Appleton asked for about $1.5 million...
* Seeking grant money, Arlington wants to continue bus service to downtown Fort Worth
Arlington,VA,USA -The Star-Telegram, by SUSAN SCHROCK -21 April 2008: -- Less than a year after the initiative started, the city is applying for another grant that would allow it to continue offering limited weekday commuter bus service to downtown Fort Worth... Arlington’s contribution to the commuter bus pilot project, which started last September, was funded through a $75,000 grant from the Sue Pope Fund, a private grant organization. The city is applying for that grant once again to continue the bus service from two Arlington locations to the Intermodal Transportation Center in downtown Fort Worth through September 2010. The Fort Worth Transportation Authority also contributes to the service, which is on the T buses...
* W.F. to Use Stimulus Funds for Buses
Wichita Falls,TX,USA -Texomas/KFDX -Apr 21, 2009: -- Economic stimulus funds are headed to Wichita Falls -- and at today's council meeting, city leaders discussed the ways that money should be spent. About one point three million dollars in stimulus funds will be used to replace four handicap accessible buses. Transportation Director John Burrus says some people have asked why economic development money is being spent on things such as buses and trails... Stimulus dollars will fund 100 percent of the cost of the new buses ... And Burrus says this funding could free up money for other projects...
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