New York City is getting a federal grant for new clean school buses.
Bus companies that service the city are being awarded 18 million dollars from an EPA school bus grant program. It will be used to purchase 51 new all electric school buses to replace diesel ones. Walter Mugdan is with EPA and says this will mean cleaner air for students, bus drivers and school staff.
“It also means reducing greenhouse gas emissions which cause climate change. It will save school districts money on upgrading their fleets and provide improved health and less noise throughout the community.”
The buses cost three to four times their diesel counterparts. New state legislation requires all school buses be electric by year 2035.