NY: BC Transit Receives Over $2M in Federal Funding

    April 16, 2018
    In the coming months, students and community members boarding Broome County Department of Public Transportation (BC Transit) buses may experience a quieter ride without the familiar roar of the engine, because of a $2 million influx in federal funding.

    Source BU Pipe Dream

    In the coming months, students and community members boarding Broome County Department of Public Transportation (BC Transit) buses may experience a quieter ride without the familiar roar of the engine, because of a $2 million influx in federal funding.

    The $2,040,000 grant will add three new hybrid electric buses to BC Transit’s fleet over the next two years. BC Transit currently operates 54 buses, 12 of which are already electric hybrid buses. Electric hybrid buses differ from diesel buses in that they are powered by both a traditional internal combustion engine and an electric motor.

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