NEW YORK — The wheels on new school buses around the country go round and round, but they're practically the only things making noise.
School districts in every state are beginning to roll out electric buses to transport children to and from school, with a big financial boost from the federal government.
In 2021, the district, just outside Washington, placed the largest order for electric buses by any school district: 326 vehicles, which it plans to roll out through 2024. By the end of last year, it had 86 in its fleet. In pushing for more zero-emissions vehicles, advocates point to not just the environmental and climate gains but the health benefits as well.
"This is an awesome opportunity for us to electrify our transportation system, really ramp up our manufacturing, but also solve very serious environmental and health disparities," he said. First Student said it expects that about 300 of its 46,000 school buses will be electric as of the first half of this year. It is working with a dozen U.S. school districts to roll out 170 buses as part of the EPA's program."When you convert that to zero emissions, the air quality improvement is even significantly higher," he said."So the overall benefits are quite high for the environment, for the children and for the communities where the school buses operate.
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