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FEMA Buys Biodiesel Buses for New Orleans

Posted on October 10, 2008

New Orleans is getting some biodiesel buses thanks to some money from the federal government.This press release from Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has given the city the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) $44 million to replace and to upgrade 204 buses and 31 vans that were destroyed by flooding during Hurricane Katrina:The standing FEMA policy would have resulted in RTA receiving 204 buses that were 12 years old, to match the age of the vehicles they were replacing. Instead, FEMA has agreed to obligate the money for as many as 115...

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