SEPTA receives nearly $23.4M federal grant to improve EV charging capacity, zero-emission vehicles

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) nearly $23.4 million in grant funding through the Low-No Grant Program and Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive Program.

The program invests in bus and bus facility improvement projects and provides funding for the purchase of energy efficient transit vehicles. Improvement projects include rehabilitating, purchasing, constructing, or leasing bus-related facilities, and replacing, rehabilitating, purchasing, or leasing buses or related equipment.

“The infrastructure law is already improving public transit across Pennsylvania by providing dedicated funds to important projects that will support service and reduce harmful emissions,” U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) said. “In Philadelphia and its suburbs, thousands of riders rely on SEPTA to get to work and school, to connect with family and friends. When Pennsylvanians can’t rely on public transportation to get to work, our entire region suffers. This funding will not only help SEPTA improve its busing system, it will also fulfill two major goals of the infrastructure law—creating jobs while tackling the climate crisis.”

SEPTA will use the funding to improve bus charging capacity at its bus facilities and support its transition to fully zero-emission vehicles.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funded the grant program.