SEPTA gets $15 million for hybrid buses

SEPTA will get $15 million for new hybrid buses, the Federal Transit Administration said Monday.

The money will be added to existing state and local funds to provide $78 million for 55 articulated 60-foot diesel-electric hybrid buses, SEPTA spokesman Andrew Busch said.

The new buses, to be delivered next year, will bring to 527 the number of hybrid buses in SEPTA's 1,400-bus fleet.     - Paul Nussbaum