Transit authority receives $18M state grant to buy more electric buses

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection funds are from the federal government’s Volkswagen settlement.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 10:50 a.m. August 30, 2022
PSTA's $18 million grant will be used to purchase 60 Gillig all-electric buses over the next five years. (Courtesy photo)
PSTA's $18 million grant will be used to purchase 60 Gillig all-electric buses over the next five years. (Courtesy photo)
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The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority has been awarded an $18 million grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection that will be used to purchase 60 electric buses over the next five years.

 

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