Next-Gen Transportation
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded grants to American Indian tribes in Oklahoma to help fund compressed natural gas (CNG) bus projects.
The FTA is funding the Oklahoma projects as part of a larger $10 million grant round to help American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments initiate, improve and enhance transit service on Tribal Lands.
“Public transportation connects people and communities to jobs, education and healthcare,” says U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx in a press release. “These and other Tribal Transit grants provide funding for buses, vans and transportation planning that helps ensure that everyone can access critical services and economic opportunity.”
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