Substantial federal funding for a bus Rapid transit line, operations
expansion and other improvements are slated for Grand Rapids’ growing
public transit. In accord with The Rapid’s proven track record on
sustainability plans will follow LEED design guidelines.
According to excerpts from the story:
The economic recovery act has been very good to public transit in greater Grand Rapids
“It
is truly meaningful for us, and I suspect it is for anybody who has
been needing money and was ready to go on projects, whether it be
purchasing new buses or expanding a facility like us,” said Peter
Varga, executive director of The Rapid. “I hear from a lot of my
transit friends across the country that they’re very pleased to be able
to move projects forward.”
The bill includes an extra $600,000
for the Silver Line bus rapid transit line under the federal
government’s Capital Investments program, an amount that will cover
part of the environmental work and some of the preliminary engineering
for the bus rapid transit project, Varga said.
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