Source: Fox 5 DC

BETHESDA, Md. (FOX 5 DC) – The Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration announced Monday that $1.7 billion from the new infrastructure bill will be used for cleaner buses.

WMATA is slated to get more than $100 million of that money to convert its Lorton bus garage to a fully electric fleet.

All nine bus garages and nearly 1600 buses will be zero-emission by 2042, the agency stated in a press release. 

Read more: WMATA receiving $104M grant to fund cleaner zero-emission buses