“We’re helping Alabama A&M University reach their goal of zero transit emissions by 2024,” U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said in a message posted Tuesday about aamuedu's electric buses.
“We’re helping Alabama A&M University reach their goal of zero transit emissions by 2024,” Buttigieg said in a message posted Tuesday on Twitter. “Our $8M grant will increase bus capacity and expand solar powered charging stations on campus – meaning a cleaner, more reliable ride for students and staff.”
The grant is part of $1.7 billion being dispersed under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Alabama A&M is the only recipient of this wave of funding in Alabama aimed at low- and no-emission and bus and bus facilities programs. Both the Trump and Biden administrations have been supportive of Alabama A&M’s efforts at using clean energy. In 2020, the school received $2.2 million in a grant from the Federal Transit Authority to buy additional zero-emission electric buses. And in 2021, the school received $4.2 million from the transit authority to purchase an electric bus, construct a bus service bay and install a battery electric storage system that included charging stations.
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