FTA Awarding $55m to 10 Projects Deploying Battery-Electric and Fuel-Cell Buses

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has selected 10 projects that will receive a share of $55 million in competitive grants that will help put a new generation of zero-emission buses on the road.  Funding is provided through FTA’s Low or No Emission Vehicle Deployment Program (LoNo).

Established under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), the LoNo program focuses on deploying the cleanest and most energy-efficient US-made transit buses designed to cut CO2 and criteria pollutant emissions.  Grants from the LoNo program help transit agencies integrate more of these advanced buses into their fleets. The selected projects in Massachusetts are:

Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) $ 1,002,600
The Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA), the transit provider in Central Massachusetts, will receive funding to purchase and install a Proterra charging station for its existing fleet of zero-emission battery-electric buses.  The charging station has emergency power generation capability, providing power to the electric bus fleet during power outages.

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) $ 4,139,188
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in Boston will receive funding to develop and deploy five 60-foot articulated New Flyer battery-electric buses on the MBTA Silver Line Bus Rapid Transit System.  The new zero-emission buses will have improved performance on ice and snow-covered roads.

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