Feds, City of St. John’s invest in public transit upgrades

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St. John’s —St. John’s is purchasing new electric buses and upgrading Metrobus Transit’s facilities after a combined investment of over $50.3 million from the federal, provincial and municipal governments. Announced by MP Joanne Thompson, Minister Fred Hutton, and Mayor Danny Breen, these projects will reduce transit emissions and improve service for transit users in St. John’s. The new buses include eight additional hybrid buses and nine …

Planning for transition to zero emission buses

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Burlington – Karina Gould, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Member of Parliament for Burlington, on behalf of Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Rory Nisan, Burlington City Councillor and Deputy Mayor of the Environment for the City of Burlington, and Josipa Petrunic, President and CEO of the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation …

Canada, Calgary invest in greener future for public transit 

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Calgary – Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, George Chahal, Member of Parliament for Calgary Skyview, City of Calgary Mayor, Jyoti Gondek, and Jodie Parmar, Head of Project Development, Western Canada for the Canada Infrastructure Bank, announced a federal investment of more than $325 million to support the electrification of the city’s …