Recommendations from BlueGreen Alliance on the Implementation of the Clean School Bus Program
The BlueGreen Alliance provided input on the implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program. If implemented strategically, the allocation of federal funds toward the transition of America’s school bus fleet to cleaner alternatives can represent a critical pathway by which EPA improves health outcomes for school children and the communities they live in. It would also funnel immediate employment and economic benefits to the workers and communities where the clean buses and charging equipment are made—providing drivers and maintenance workers with timely career training for the future school bus fleet and providing the broader public with a proof-of-concept for electric vehicle (EV) deployment in their communities.