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This year’s Advanced Clean Transportation Expo demonstrated that alternative fuel school buses—especially electric—are rising in popularity due to improvements in technology and increases in funding dollars


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realize CNG, propane, renewable fuel, or even cleaner diesel. Notable from the discussion on “Removing Barriers to School


Bus Replacement” presented by STN was the fact that the three school district officials in attendance, each representing a system that had chosen either CNG, propane or electric as its primary school bus powertrain solution, all said that they are looking to expand their clean fleets. And only one of the districts was from California. While Twin Rivers Unified near Sacramento has the largest all-electric fleet of school buses to date, 16, it operates far more CNG and propane.


Te manufacturing and clean energy resource providers repre-


sented—including Blue Bird, Te Lion Electric Company, grant expert and conference organizer Gladstein, Neandross & Associ- ates, and the California Air Resources Board—likewise pledged customized support and a listening ear to what their customers need and want.


Te opening general session later that morning set the tone for the


conference and business conducted in the Long Beach Convention Center and exhibit hall by focusing on the global trends that are accel- erating alternative energy adoption. “As we look to the next decade, the change might be quite significant, and we need to make sure we’re still relevant then,”


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