NJ Transit was awarded a $99.5 million federal grant to build a bus-charging station with solar canopies at its Meadowlands ...

(The Center Square) – Nearly $16 million taxpayer dollars are set aside for zero-emission buses and charging stations across the country in one of Congress’ proposed annual government funding bills.

NJ Transit’s board on Wednesday approved the purchase of 228 buses, 20 of them electric, for $393.4 million, beginning a massive plan to replace more than 1,200 aging buses in five years. “We need ...