Nestled in the Cascade Mountain Range, Bend-La Pine Schools is the seventh largest school district in Oregon. The district transports about 5,000 students to school each day on 120 daily bus routes. The school district’s attendance area spans over 1,600 square miles, comprising 28 schools.
Indian River County School District, headquartered in Vero Beach, Fla., is made up of 27 surrounding schools. The school district was the first in Florida to adopt new liquid injection propane autogas technology, and currently operates 26 propane-autogas-powered buses and 85 diesel buses. The fleet transports approximately 9,550 students twice each day and services routes throughout the county.
Omaha Public Schools aims to be one of the most energy- and resource-efficient school districts in the country.
New York School District Lowers Operating Costs, Reduces Emissions with Propane Autogas School Buses
In New York, Washingtonville Central School District transports more than 5,000 students to 28 Orange County area schools, including public, private and parochial. Of their 89-bus fleet, 18 are fueled by propane autogas.
GO Airport Express has been experiencing cost savings while reducing their carbon footprint with propane autogas.
Following the 1970s energy crisis, Alvin Independent School District (ISD), Texas, began researching alternative fuel options. A decade later, as fuel access and pricing began hindering the district’s transportation department, the district turned to propane autogas to power its school bus fleet.
In 2005, Alpha Baking Company Inc., began testing alternative fuels to power its fleet of delivery trucks.
Kamps Propane maintains a long history of running Ford trucks in their company’s fleet. When a propane autogas fuel system for Ford platforms became available, Kamps knew this was the clear choice for their propane distribution company.
Each year, Flint Mass Transportation Authority (MTA) transports nearly 470,000 passengers through its paratransit service. Seniors, persons with disabilities and the general public rely on the MTA’s “Your Ride” curb-to-curb shuttle bus service within the City of Flint and Genesee County.
Mesa Unified School District No. 4 in Phoenix, Ariz., knew that they needed a cleaner alternative to diesel to fuel their school buses, which transport more than 19,000 children to and from school each day.
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