Los Angeles Metro to Receive $77 Million Federal Grant for Electric Buses

Published on July 10, 2024

Los Angeles Metro Rail (Metro) will receive more than $77.5 million from a federal grant for the purchase of dozens of battery electric buses and the installation of new chargers, Rep. Adam Schiff announced July 9. Mr. Schiff (D-Calif.) had written a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation urging funding approval for Metro’s Zero-Emission Bus and Charging Infrastructure Project. The agency aims to acquire battery-electric buses, charging equipment, and supporting infrastructure to operate reliable zero-emission services, spanning multiple cities within L.A. County. New chargers are expected to be installed at Metro’s West Hollywood bus yard. Metro’s project is intended to upgrade buses operating within its Bus Division 7 area, covering West Hollywood and other areas. The buses will also be used to bolster clean transportation ahead of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles....

Continue reading on website
Other news

Blinken Announces Ukraine Getting Fighter Jets from Denmark, Netherlands

July 10, 2024
WASHINGTON—Ukraine is in the process of getting fighter jets from Denmark and Holland, announced U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.At the annual NATO Summit on July 10, Mr. Blinken said that U.S.-made F-16s are being transferred from those alliance members to Kyiv “as we speak.”Ukraine will be able to fly them in the summer, said U.S. President Joe Biden, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, and

Federal Judge Sends Kaiser Union Staffing Dispute to Trial

July 10, 2024
A federal judge has ordered a January 2025 trial in a Colorado case in which union workers have sued health care giant Kaiser Permanente over staffing issues.The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local No. 7 filed a lawsuit in October 2021 against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado and Colorado Permanente Medical Group.The case centers around accusations that Kaiser has