New FTA $$$ Available

[mrpete]

http://www.fta.dot.gov/news/news_events_11612.html

$775 Million for buses and bus facilities. Applications due in June.

[Tritransit Area]

Hmm...that's not a lot of money at all...  Plus it will accelerate the retirement of Flxible Metros and other good aged buses!

I think upgrading facilities would be most important, though!  I wonder what kind of match would be required...

[Scrabbleship]

Hmm...that's not a lot of money at all...  Plus it will accelerate the retirement of Flxible Metros and other good aged buses!

I think upgrading facilities would be most important, though!  I wonder what kind of match would be required...

I hope Ride On gets some to get some baby Gilligs to replace the Helldorados/make fleet replacements in case the Chumpions never come back.

[79MetroExtraMD]

Is this in conjunction to TIGGER and ARRA?

[Annex4421]

THE BUS should get some also to replace those horrible SLFs UGH

If WMATA gets some (Hopefully) CNGs, Diesels and a rehabbed Annex and more artics

[mrpete]

The press release does not indicate any match requirement. IIRC, ARRA $$$ did not have a match requirement. It's first come, first serve.

[C40LF_2464]

THE BUS should get some also to replace those horrible SLFs UGH

If WMATA gets some (Hopefully) CNGs, Diesels and a rehabbed Annex and more artics

Yeah it would be nice to buy new buses for the upcoming X9.