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Alternative Fuelsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 6, 2024

New Orleans School Aims to Have Area's First Electric School Buses

The New Orleans Charter Science & Mathematics High School was awarded $3.1 million in grant funds by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program to help fund the process.

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Safetyby StaffSeptember 5, 2024

A Decade of Data: U.S. School Bus Crash Statistics Unveiled

Despite the grim statistic of over 100 deaths a year, school bus crashes are on the decline, historical data shows.

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Alternative Fuelsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 3, 2024

New WRI Electric School Bus Program Gets U.S. DOE Funding Boost

The program will use a 'train-the-trainer' approach to increase school districts’ capacity to adopt electric school buses, particularly in disadvantaged communities facing the greatest inequities based on income, race, pollution, and tribal status. 

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Alternative Fuelsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 29, 2024

Zum Launches All-Electric, V2G-Capable Fleet in California District [Updated]

This initiative with Oakland Unified School District aims to reduce emissions, improve air quality, and enhance grid resilience, setting a precedent for sustainable student transportation nationwide.

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Alternative Fuelsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 29, 2024

An Electrified Milestone: Blue Bird Delivers 2000th Electric School Bus in Nevada

The Clark County School District received Blue Bird’s 2,000th EV to help the nation’s fifth largest school district transition its school bus fleet to clean student transportation.

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Managementby StaffAugust 26, 2024

School Bus Fleet Announced as 2024 Eddie Award Finalist

Eddie Award finalists are recognized for their excellence in editorial content and design across print and digital media.

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Safetyby StaffAugust 23, 2024

Louisiana Student Dies After Being Hit by School Bus

The 7-year-old had just unloaded the school bus when the driver, for a reasons still under investigation, began driving away and struck him.

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Managementby News/Media ReleaseAugust 22, 2024

Transit Technologies Acquires Bytecurve

The acquisition expands Transit Technologies into the K-12 student transport software market.

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Managementby News/Media ReleaseAugust 22, 2024

Durham School Services Employees Honored by Idaho Department of Education

Special Education Driver and Evaluator Thomas Geren was named the Special Needs Transportation Award winner, while Safety and Training Supervisor Terry Marinos was named School Bus Driver Trainer of the Year.

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Alternative Fuelsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 20, 2024

GreenPower Delivers 5 BEAST Electric School Buses to California Schools

Of the five BEASTs to be delivered, four will go to the Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School District and the fifth to the Terra Bella Union Elementary School District. More deliveries in California and Oregon are planned.

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