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Rhode Island Receiving More Than $24.2M in Recovery Funding for Transit Hybrids
11 July 2009
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will receive more than $24.2 million to purchase twenty new, 40-foot hybrid buses and to upgrade 10 trolleys to hybrid propulsion.
The federal funding, provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, will also be used by RIPTA for capital maintenance and to upgrade public transportation throughout Rhode Island.
RIPTA is a quasi-public, independent authority. Established in 1966, RIPTA is authorized to operate public transit services throughout the State of Rhode Island.
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Posted by: The Goracle | July 11, 2009 at 12:33 PM
You could say Iraq was about big money. Read the book "Blood Money" and you will see.
If the country can end up with cleaner and more efficient transportation from all of this, then that is much better than buildings in Iraq where the electrical is faulty and the plumbing leaks.
Posted by: SJC | July 11, 2009 at 03:54 PM
If you think iraq was about iraq your not all that clever.
Posted by: wintermane2000 | July 11, 2009 at 05:44 PM
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Some think that Iraq has something to do with this? LOL!!! Silly people. Do you get angry and yell Haliburton on a regular basis as well?
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Posted by: The Goracle | July 11, 2009 at 09:58 PM
No, it is about how the U.S. government spends the tax payers money...do you get the connection now? Most people do get it and would rather see it spent on modern transportation that saves energy than going to war for oil.
Posted by: SJC | July 12, 2009 at 01:00 AM
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It's all about BIG $$$$$$$$$
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