Buttigieg, DeFazio test drive electric LTD bus to promote transit bill
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio and some local politicians toured Lane Transit District electric buses Wednesday in Eugene as a way of promoting new federal legislation aimed at modernizing transit infrastructure. Buttigieg and DeFazio were joined by Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis, Springfield Mayor Sean VanGordon and LTD General Manager Aurora Jackson when touring the electric buses that are part of LTD's long-term sustainability efforts. Their trip to Eugene was part of a two-stop tour of Oregon promoting the INVEST in America Act transit infrastruct...
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