Information of interest to transportation employees
 
September, 1998

The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to receive $4.3 million in grants soon to purchase and operate compressed natural gas (CNG) buses as part of its clean air program. The Mobile Source Emission Reduction Review Committee, a regional clean air funding group, gave the grant to the MTA to help offset costs from its recent purchase of 223 CNG buses. The Review Committee's grant is expected to make up about half the $35,000 difference between the cost of CNG and diesel buses. Contact: Los Angeles MTA at (213) 922-2703.    (from 8/26/98 Urban Transport News)

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