{"id":802036,"date":"2019-12-05T15:21:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T22:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=375539"},"modified":"2019-12-05T15:21:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T22:21:59","slug":"breckenridge-receives-2-million-grant-for-electric-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/breckenridge-receives-2-million-grant-for-electric-buses\/","title":{"rendered":"Breckenridge receives $2 million grant for electric buses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/electric-sdn-082219.png\" alt class=\"wp-image-370285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/electric-sdn-082219.png 640w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/electric-sdn-082219-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><figcaption>Courtesy photo<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 The town of Breckenridge is set to add more electric busses to its fleet following a sizable grant from the Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Dec. 5, Congressman Joe Neguse announced a $2 million grant to help replace diesel busses in Breckenridge with battery-electric vehicles and charging infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBreckenridge has been a leader in their commitment to achieve 100% renewable energy,\u201d Neguse, who represents Summit County in the U.S. House of Representatives, said in a news release. \u201cThis grant will help ensure buses in Breckenridge can contribute to the goals set by the town and the county at large. Investments in green transportation infrastructure in Summit County are ultimately an investment in our local economies, connection for our communities and our future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The grant comes as Breckenridge pushes forward with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"efforts to improve sustainability (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/breckenridge-gets-electric-buses-encourages-visitors-not-to-rent-cars\/\" target=\"_blank\">efforts to improve sustainability<\/a>, in part by slowly transitioning its bus fleet to electric buses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe town of Breckenridge is extremely appreciative of the support Congressman Neguse has for our community and our sustainability goals,\u201d Breckenridge Mayor Eric Mamula said in the release. \u201cSmaller communities, like Breckenridge, cannot achieve 100% renewable energy without significant assistance from our partners at the federal level like Congressman Neguse. A grant of this magnitude goes a long way in reaching our energy goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/breckenridge-receives-2-million-grant-for-electric-buses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy photo BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 The town of Breckenridge is set to add more electric busses to its fleet following a sizable grant from the Department of Transportation. On Wednesday, Dec. 5, Congressman Joe Neguse announced a $2 million grant to help replace diesel busses in Breckenridge with battery-electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. \u201cBreckenridge has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-802036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 05:34:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}