The funding comes from the state’s $4.2 billion Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022.
The bus, carrying Farmingdale High School students to a marching band camp in Pennsylvania, may have suffered a faulty front tire before it rolled over into a 50-foot ravine off the side of Interstate 84. Two adult passengers died in the accident.
The resources provided by state energy leaders are expected to help school districts and bus operators move away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles while reducing transportation emissions.
If negotiations fail between the union and school bus contractors, a strike could affect 80,000 students in the five boroughs.
Willie Smith of WE Transport “represents the true pinnacle of his profession,” according to the New York Association for Pupil Transportation.
A federal court gave final approval to a plan to make better accommodations for New York City's students with diabetes and to ensure they can properly experience school activities alongside their classmates.
Muirhead, 33, serves as executive vice president of New York's Logan Bus Co. and its affiliates.
School Bus Fleet’s Administrator of the Year for 2023 is a longtime devotee of the “Cheese Bus” who has kept electronic evolution and cleaner vehicles front of mind for his New York school district.
Dawn McGrath, recognized by the National School Transportation Association in 2022 with a Golden Merit Award, is now assistant vice president of operations at the New York transportation provider.
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.
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