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FTA Announces $409.3 Million in Grant Awards to Improve the Nation\u2019s Bus Fleets<\/h2>\n

Published on: <\/strong>March 21, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n

FTA today announced the award of approximately $409.3 million in funding to support projects under FTA\u2019s Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program. The grants support modernizing and improving the most widespread form of transit in America and will help dozens of communities buy new-technology and electric buses, such as electric buses, that reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, promote cleaner air, and help address the climate crisis.<\/p>\n

The funding awarded through FTA\u2019s Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities will provide grants to 70 projects in 39 states.<\/p>\n

Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities<\/a>
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Project Selections<\/a>
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Press Release<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Learn more about the projects receiving funding. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFTA Announces $409.3 Million in Grant Awards to Improve the Nation\u2019s Bus Fleets - Minnesota Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-409-3-million-in-grant-awards-to-improve-the-nations-bus-fleets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FTA Announces $409.3 Million in Grant Awards to Improve the Nation\u2019s Bus Fleets - Minnesota Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn more about the projects receiving funding.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-409-3-million-in-grant-awards-to-improve-the-nations-bus-fleets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Minnesota Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-21T16:28:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mariah Administrator\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mariah Administrator\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-409-3-million-in-grant-awards-to-improve-the-nations-bus-fleets\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-409-3-million-in-grant-awards-to-improve-the-nations-bus-fleets\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mariah Administrator\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/#\/schema\/person\/221d4263d3b409145168eedc6affde4a\"},\"headline\":\"FTA Announces $409.3 Million in Grant Awards to Improve the Nation\u2019s Bus Fleets\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-21T16:28:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-21T16:28:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-409-3-million-in-grant-awards-to-improve-the-nations-bus-fleets\/\"},\"wordCount\":127,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-409-3-million-in-grant-awards-to-improve-the-nations-bus-fleets\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-409-3-million-in-grant-awards-to-improve-the-nations-bus-fleets\/\",\"name\":\"FTA Announces $409.3 Million in Grant Awards to Improve the Nation\u2019s Bus Fleets - 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