As federal funding dries up, Iowa’s public transit managers are asking the Legislature for $25 million every year for five years to replace hundreds of aging vehicles in their fleets.
Mark Little, general manager of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Black Hawk County and president of the Iowa Public Transit Association, made his pitch to state Sen. Jeff Danielson, Rep. Bob Kressig and Rep. Timi Brown-Powers during a recent legislative meeting.
Danielson is optimistic Iowa’s transit system will receive state support, money Little said is increasingly necessary.
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