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Rep. Frost urges GAO study of transit bus prices, proposes ending bleed-air ventilation on new aircraft
Summary
Representative Frost urged the committee to include a GAO study of factors driving high transit bus prices in surface-transportation reauthorization and previewed bipartisan bills to address fume events on planes and to fund home energy storage for storm resilience.
Representative Frost told the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that high transit-bus prices and airplane cabin “fume events” are on her legislative agenda and asked the committee to fold a bus-cost study into the surface-transportation reauthorization.
“Transit buses can easily reach over a million dollars each,” Frost said, listing customization, supply-chain problems and a small number of manufacturers as suspected cost drivers. She said she will introduce the Transit Bus…
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