AdvanceNotice: 107 Hybrid 40' Bus Replacements $70,463,000
Project Type: AdvanceNotice
Project Owner: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Location: California, United States, Santa Clara (CA)
Estimated Value: $70,463,000
Estimated Jobs: N/A - Congressional Budget Office
As compared with
768 - White House Council of Economic Advisors
Category: Vehicles - Mass Transportation (Buses)
Market Sector: State/Municipal
Publication Date: 05/12/2009
Description: FEDERAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY SPENDING. Federal Transit Administration Project County (FIPS): Santa Clara. Congressional District No.: 11, 14, 15, 16. Urbanized Area (UZA): San Jose, Gilroy-Morgan Hill. Implementing Agency: (FTA Grant Recipient): Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Project Title and/or Type of Project: 107 Hybrid 40' Bus Replacements. Brief Project Description - (If Vehicles and/or Preventive Maintenance, Enter Number, Size, and Fuel Type): Purchase of 107 low floor ...

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Here is what 69 people think:
49.3% - Worthwhile (34 Votes)
11 - Energy Efficiency
12 - Environmental
9 - Long-Term Value
2 - Short-Term Value
50.7% - Unnecessary (35 Votes)
5 - Fraud/Abuse
8 - Not Competitive
22 - Too Costly

Comments (10) Add New Comment

Kuhnz  Nov-19-2009 12:36:42 PM
The buses actually are manufactured in another country, no american jobs were saved, made, or bought. Reply

John  Nov-18-2009 02:58:57 PM
What a wasteful shame... no doubt a couple(few) congress folks got a few million in their coffers under the table to push this one through.... Over $650,000 per bus.... not a single job that will last ... just keep printing dollars and borrowing ... against our grandchildrens future.... Reply

Fred Wickerbill  Nov-11-2009 01:06:25 PM
Until the VTA can prove they are able to run a mass transit system effectively and efficiently, no additional federal dollars should be allocated to the VTA for niceties like this. Reply

Mary M Wood  Nov-11-2009 12:26:44 PM
WHY NEW BUSS WHEN THERE IS NO JOBS TO GO TO? Reply

David M Davis  Nov-11-2009 11:34:24 AM
LONG-TERM VALUE???? 107 NEW BUSSES!!!! do you not know the INSEVICE life of a HYBIRD. people are not stupid and we see right through this... Reply

Bryan  Nov-11-2009 06:09:44 AM
This is a project to support the liberal propaganda supporting to "Green" movement. Dont get me wrong, it is important for America to lead the world in Green technologies thusly providing opportunities future export of goods and services but 10,000,000 dollars for buses? But at this point and time we should be using as much money as possible to rebuild our nations infrastucture and foundations of educations. If not we lose key cornerstones of the nations foundation. Reply

Sue  Oct-09-2009 09:53:10 AM
PATHETIC! Reply

Paul  Aug-20-2009 01:37:39 PM
what a waste of tax payer's money just think what health care will be like Reply

Ryan  Jul-19-2009 01:17:52 AM
How does it cost $658,532.71 and employ 7.15 people to upgrade one regular bus to one hybrid bus? Reply

Jeffrey  Sep-27-2009 12:07:43 PM
Reply to Ryan : The White House counts the jobs that went into building the bus - the engineers, the mechanics, the painters. The reality is the government has no idea how many jobs will be created (or worse, that silly "jobs saved") from the stimulus. It's a big guess and a big joke. Sadly, it's made with OUR taxpayer money. Reply



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