And now it's time for a little love for the buses, the hardworking behemoths chugging away for the Detroit Dept of Transportation and the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority.
The two transit agencies received about $21 million in federal stimulus funds last week, with most of that money going toward both areas' bus systems. DDOT received $18.9 million for operating expenses.
It will also facilitate the purchase of the agency's first hybrid buses (four), along with another 42 diesel buses. All 44 are the normal 40-foot long buses.
AATA received about $1 million to upgrade its bus storage area and another $700,000 to redevelop the University of Michigan's Central Campus transit center, which serves buses. The agency used federal stimulus funding last year to purchase four more hybrid buses, which should come online in May.
The entire state of Michigan received a total of $34.6 million in federal stimulus funds for mass transit improvements last week.
Source: U.S. Dept of Transportation
Writer: Jon Zemke
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