AMES, Iowa – Sept. 19, 2017 – The Iowa Transportation Commission today (Tuesday) approved more than $6.8 million in funding for 60 new transit vehicles that will replace vehicles past their useful life. The funds are granted through the Federal Transit Administration Bus and Bus Facilities Formula Program and the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program.

Vehicle replacement projects were approved for 19 urban and rural public transit systems. Included among them were the following transit programs based out of Atlantic and Creston:

Region 13 – Atlantic: 4 light duty buses with video surveillance systems with a total cost of $344,000 ($292,000 Federal participation).

Region 14 – Creston: 1 light duty bus with video surveillance system with a total cost of $90,000 ($76,500 Federal participation).

Iowa has public transit in all 99 counties. For more information on public transit, visit: www.iowadot.gov/transit.