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Newsby StaffDecember 21, 2018

EPA Offering $40M in Diesel Emission Reduction Grants

School buses are included in the vehicle types that are eligible for the funding and school districts are among the eligible entities.

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NewsDecember 11, 2018

Arizona Approves Nearly $16M of VW Funds for New School Buses

The state plans to use about a quarter of its Volkswagen settlement money to buy 142 new school buses in low-income communities.

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2018

Thomas Built Buses Delivers First School Bus With DD5 Engine

Henrico County (Va.) Public Schools receives the first Saf-T-Liner C2 school bus equipped with the new Detroit DD5 engine.

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Newsby StaffNovember 27, 2018

Rhode Island School Districts Asked to Reduce Bus Idling

In a letter to school superintendents, the state departments of Environmental Management, Health, and Elementary and Secondary Education encourage districts to enforce anti-idling laws.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserNovember 13, 2018

Michigan Tabs 20% of VW Funds for New School Buses

Nearly $13 million of the state’s $64.8 million in mitigation plan funds will go toward replacing aging diesel school buses with new diesel-powered, electric, or other alt-fuel buses.

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NewsNovember 12, 2018

Propane School Bus Featured in Roush's 'California Road Show'

The company concludes its three-day Road Show at an event in Los Angeles with educational sessions and a ride-and-drive of a Blue Bird Vision Propane school bus, among other propane-powered vehicles.

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Newsby StaffOctober 29, 2018

Thomas Built Buses Features 'Powering Possibilities' at NAPT

The school bus manufacturer will showcase key technological advancements in electric vehicle technology and the newest diesel engines at the association’s trade show on Tuesday.

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ArticlesSeptember 18, 2018

Op-Ed: Diesel Buses Stretch Funds Further Than Electric Buses

In this guest editorial, Allen Schaeffer from the Diesel Technology Forum says that for the same fixed investment, many more older and higher-emitting school buses can be replaced with new-technology diesel than with an all-electric choice.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonAugust 30, 2018

Arizona Tabs VW Funds to Replace Old School Buses

The state plans to use two-thirds of its Volkswagen settlement money to buy around 300 new school buses in low-income communities.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonJuly 6, 2018

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Resigns

Pruitt has been the subject of multiple ethics investigations. President Trump accepts his resignation while continuing to defend his work at the EPA.

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