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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Car Congress

Lane Transit District, Oregon: $3,000,000. The facility is used by the LRTA to store, fuel, maintain, and repair transportation vehicles (buses, vans, tow trucks etc.) Minneapolis-St. Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, Oregon: $750,000. as well as administrative and dispatch services.

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

Harry’s 200-unit condominium building in Minneapolis, Minn., There were two Level 2 charging stations about six blocks away in a grocery store parking lot, but that was not a convenient or reliable option. And where they do exist, the ports are often at luxury apartments, which is true in Minneapolis.