Loudoun County receives $13.8M to upgrade buses to low- or no-emission

Loudoun County’s buses will be upgraded to low- or no-emission vehicles with $13,880,910 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The grant was awarded by the Federal Transit Administration’s Low or No Emission Vehicle Program.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law delivered a boost of $5.5 billion in funding for the program, more than six times greater than funding in the previous five years.

“Thanks to our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, federal funding is on its way to Loudoun County to reduce our carbon footprint and modernize our local public transportation,” Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton, who represents the 10^th congressional district, said. “This is a major investment in a key transit priority for Loudoun that will benefit the entire community by providing a cleaner and quieter transit fleet. I’m excited to see our once-in-a-generation infrastructure law continue to deliver for Virginia.”

Low or No Emission Vehicle Program funding is being distributed to localities to help local transit agencies purchase low- or no-emission vehicles and afford the necessary facility renovations and equipment upgrades to support those vehicles, including electric batteries for charging and workforce development. Low and no-emission buses are more energy-efficient, often reduce fuel costs, produce less noise and less harmful tailpipe emissions and lessen local noise and air pollution.