[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a $9.6 million grant to the city of Chicago which will allow the Chicago Transit Authority to purchase approximately 13 additional articulated diesel hybrid buses.  Hybrid buses are quieter, cleaner burn less gas and run more smoothly than conventional diesel.  They significantly reduce emissions and will help the CTA not only continue to meet but exceed the new emissions standard that became effective this year.