http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/07/24/san-francisco-upgrading-muni-bus-fleet-with-21m-grant/
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency plans to upgrade its aging bus fleet with the help of more than $21 million in federal grants, city officials announced Monday.
The grants, awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration, will be distributed to 255 projects around the country, including others in the Bay Area.
About $15 million of the award will go toward new biodiesel-electric hybrid buses and more than $6 million will go toward the improvement of bus facilities.
The new 40-foot buses will replace 18 20-year-old buses, reducing toxic emissions from the vehicles, according to agency officials. The first of the new buses was expected to arrive in early 2013.
The federal funding was also benefiting other regional transit agencies, including Bay Area Rapid Transit and Alameda-Contra Costa Transit.
BART was set to receive nearly $3.2 million to install more signage with real-time bus and rail arrival times at some of its inter-modal stations, while AC Transit is receiving $7.5 million to purchase new fareboxes.
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