(TOP) Big Blue Bus Director Stephanie Negriff tours U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) through the state-of-the-art maintenance facility on Colorado Avenue on Friday, July 2, 2010.
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer discussed federal efforts to create jobs in clean energy and transportation at maintenance facility for Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus transit system.
Big Blue Bus Purchased 15 new buses, including 10 hybrid, thanks to a $14.2 Million investment from the Economic Recover Act. The transit system is also making state-of-the-art upgrades to more than 300 bus stops.
(ABOVE) Santa Monica City Manager Rod Gould, Santa Monica Mayor Bobby Shriver and Mayor Pro Tempore Pam Oconors try out the new BBB Bus stop.
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