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Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including the findings of pilot studies in three public school districts seeking to electrify their fleets, with help from the World Resources Institute and the Center for Transportation and the Environment. Plus, NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn joins to discuss the recent Midwinter Meeting and looks ahead to more events this year.
Read More →Nick Vallone, president of the New York School Bus Contractors Association, urged a joint committee on elementary and secondary education to consider proposals to make electric school buses more affordable and to attract bus drivers.
Read More →In a day and age where an education can prove transformative for youth in vulnerable environments, finding solutions to transport them is crucial.
Read More →The Center for Transportation and the Environment partnered with the World Resource Institute’s Electric School Bus Initiative to prepare technical plans for three school districts. Although needs varied, they found some common lessons.
Read More →The bus, donated by Durham School Services, was part of the company's Partners Beyond the Bus program and helps to further the transportation provider's transition to alternative fuel-powered and zero-emission school buses.
Read More →Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including the latest SBF special-needs transportation survey.
Read More →The school transportation company's fleet currently includes 230 electric school buses, which carry about 800,000 students on routes to school.
Read More →The strategy, developed by four federal agencies, builds on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. It includes a push for 100% zero-emission vehicle sales by 2040 and a net-zero economy by 2050.
Read More →In this interview with School Bus Fleet, McGee-Hewitt shares what challenges the NAPT hopes to address in the coming year, as well as which pupil-transportation-related issues are on her radar, and what she believes pupil transportation will look like five years from now.
Read More →Private school bus operators can now apply directly for EPA funds under the Clean School Bus Program, as urged by the National School Transportation Association.
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