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Today, Congressman David Scott (GA-13) voted to pass the Saving Energy Through Public Transportation Act (H.R. 6052). The bill provides mass transit grants over two years to reduce fares of public transit use, giving consumers a cost-effective alternative to $4 per gallon gasoline. The bill also increases the Federal cost-share of grants for construction of additional transit parking facilities, creates a pilot program for vanpool demonstration projects in urban and rural areas and increase federal help for local governments to purchase alternative fuel buses, locomotives and ferries.

“I, along with many of my Democratic colleagues, have been working hard in Washington, which is why I am proud to support H.R. 6052,” Congressman Scott said. “In a time when Americans are pinched at the pump because of oil dependence, public transportation provides an affordable alternative to driving and saves the average household more that $6,000 per year. This is money that can be used to offset the costs of higher priced groceries and everyday consumer items.”

H.R. 6052 received widespread support from consumer groups, state and local governments and transit agencies, and environmental organizations. 

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