Electric Vehicles for LA
Los Angeles is leading the nation on green transit, with its Metropolitan Transit Authority recently becoming the nation's only major transit agency whose entire bus fleet is equipped with alternative fuel technologies. As proud as we should be of this accomplishment, however, L.A. continues to "miss the bus" when it comes to leveraging its investments to make the city a national center for green manufacturing jobs.Here's where the rubber meets the road: Today, not a single MTA bus is manufactured in L.A. Instead, our fleet is built across the country in states like Alabama and Minnesota. ...