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BBB's New Funding Strengthens Alternative Fuel Fleet
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Big Blue Bus (BBB) in Santa Monica, CA, recently received a $870,000 grant from the California Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee’s  Near Zero Engine Incentive Program to upgrade the agency’s CNG engines, which will further reduce emissions and extend the lifespan of its vehicles—all of which operate on alternative fuels.
The grant will help fund BBB’s purchase of 58 new Cummins-Westport 8.9L ISL G Near-Zero 0.02 NOx engines, which will be installed over a period of three to four years. BBB also received a $5.9 million FTA grant in 2015 to purchase nine new CNG buses. | Ed King, BBB director of transit services, earlier cited the agency’s “vigorous pursuit of sustainable and environmentally responsible practices in virtually every facet of our operations” regarding the FTA grant.
BBB’s entire fleet of almost 200 vehicles operates on alternative fuel, such as renewable natural gas, a form of liquefied and compressed natural gas that reduces emissions by more than 90 percent.
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