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Atlanta gets $5.4 million to buy its first electric commuter buses

Electrek

million in federal grant funding will be awarded to the Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority to purchase electric buses. more… The post Atlanta gets $5.4 US Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) announced late today that more than $5.4

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NC Transportation Center

Plug In Partners

Mike Easley said Tuesday that, depending on the support from federal grants, the state may give $5 million to start and $1 million annually to operate the Advanced Transportation Energy Center there. The school already conducts research into the development of the no-gas vehicles. liter turbocharged gasoline engine."

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

Green Car Congress

Gulf Coast Corridor (Houston, New Orleans, Mobile, Birmingham, Atlanta). Southeast Corridor (Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Macon, Columbia, Savannah, Jacksonville). The merit-driven process will result in federal grants as soon as late summer 2009. Florida Corridor (Orlando, Tampa, Miami).

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Brightline Brought High-Speed Rail to Florida. Can the Public Sector Follow?

Baua Electric

The project , unlike the one in Florida, whose construction costs have nearly all been paid by Brightline, has received $3 billion in promised federal grants. It aims to be Americas first genuine high-speed rail. The companys hope was to have service up and running before the 2028 Summer Olympics in L.A.

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