Norton Announces a $104 Million Grant for WMATA Bus System

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) will receive a $104 million grant from the Federal Transit Authority for low- and no- emission buses and facilities after she wrote a letter supporting WMATA’s grant application. The grant was funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a law that Norton heavily shaped through her work as then-Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Norton currently serves as Ranking Member.

"I'm pleased with today's announcement that WMATA will receive a $104 million grant for low- and no-emission buses and bus facilities after I wrote a letter supporting its grant application," Norton said. "The funding will be used to procure battery-electric buses, furthering WMATA’s transition to a 100% zero-emission bus fleet by 2045, improving air quality, providing sustainable transportation, and addressing climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the nation's capital.”

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