A Congressional subcommittee heard testimony from rural transportation officials, transit providers, and lawmakers.
At a House subcommittee meeting on March 21, rural transportation officials and transit operators explained their unique challenges to Congress.
As Dan Zukowski explains in Smart Cities Dive, bus operators expressed concern about road conditions, safety, and the shift to electric vehicles that feels out of reach for some smaller communities that lack adequate infrastructure for electric vehicle charging or funding for electric bus purchases.
Lawmakers from Arkansas and Missouri, among others, introduced a resolution to strike down a new FHWA rule that calls for emissions cuts, saying that the technology for some rural services, like motorcoaches, can’t effectively serve rural areas yet and that rural grids can’t yet handle new demand for electricity.
FULL STORY: ‘Rural states have unique needs’: Transportation providers spotlight challenges at House hearing
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