Recently retired Diana Mikelski has 32 years of experience in student transportation and, until this summer, served as director of transportation for Township High School District 211 in Illinois, overseeing 163 buses and 45 vans transporting nearly 9,000 students more than 7,700 miles each school day.
Flint is revolutionizing its public transit system with cleaner, cost-saving technology that’s made in Michigan.
The city’s Mass Transportation Authority (MTA) was among the first in Michigan to transition from diesel to propane-powered buses, a move that has become a model nationwide.
Guilford County Schools is rolling out a cleaner, quieter way to get students to class with new propane-powered school buses designed to cut emissions and improve safety.
Guilford County Schools is joining 18 other North Carolina districts by adding ten propane-powered buses to its fleet, starting with routes to and from Dudley Schools. Each bus can carry up to 65 students and operates within the district’s three-tier system, serving elementary, middle, and high schools.
During National School Bus Safety Week, the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) is highlighting how propane autogas buses help school districts across the country deliver on their most important priority: getting students to and from school safely, reliably, and responsibly.
According to the Propane Education & Research Council, there are more than 7,000 propane paratransit buses across the United States.
Seventy five of those buses are in Kitsap County, outside Seattle.
Increasingly our energy future is not a one-size fits all, but rather a mix of traditional technologies like combustion engines using traditional and renewable fuels as well as new fuels. That is nowhere more evident than the transportation sector.
A fleet of red Hope Network buses idles outside the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, ready to take Ms. Wheelchair America contestants out on the town.
The unassuming transports look like any other fully accessible bus, but reports highlight a statewide trend toward the vehicles’ clean emission and quiet hum.
The Bibb County School District has updated and upgraded its bus fleet with 15 electric buses and 10 propane buses through a federal grant from the Environmental Protection Agency.
The school district decide to seize the opportunity to improve its fleet for cost, environmental and health reasons.
As kids and families gear up for another school year, if they’re not already back in school, it’s important for everyone to keep safety at top of mind.
The “danger zone” is 10 feet all around the bus. Drivers need to be aware the bus could move or stop at any time. Only walk up to the bus when the driver can see you and you can see them.
According to a recent nationwide survey conducted by the nonprofit Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), 87 percent of parents and K-12 educators say it’s important that their children get to and from school in low-emissions school buses. The survey asked respondents about their awareness and attitudes toward school bus emissions and alternative fuels like propane, and the results illustrate the overwhelming demand for cleaner school buses.
