KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City area will receive more than $27 million in transit funding for the 2022 fiscal year, President Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration announced Wednesday.
State-wide, Missouri will receive more than $141.5 million and Kansas will receive over $49 million.
The funding in Kansas and Missouri is part of an over $20 billion investment in transit nation-wide, as part of Biden's bipartisan infrastructure law.
The funding will allow transit industries to invest in new buses and rail-cars, respond to repairs and use new technologies to address climate change, a release from USDOT said.
“Every day, transit connects millions of Americans to jobs, schools, groceries, hospitals, resources, and countless other opportunities – all while helping to reduce pollution, congestion, and traffic,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement.
