Park City awarded $500K grant for electric buses

PARK CITY — The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded Park City Transit a $500,000 grant to help purchase seven new electric buses.This is the second year in a row the agency has received a low- or no-emissions grant.In 2016, the Federal Transit Administration, through the Utah Department of Transportation, awarded a $3.9 million grant to Park City Transit to purchase six electric buses.The buses now comprise the Electric Xpress, the first phase of an all-electric bus-rapid transit