The
Croton-Harmon Union Free School District is going green and showing off its
first all-electric school bus.
A $120,000
grant through the New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program paid for the
technology.
Officials
say investments like these are important as a way to help maintain its
students' health.
"All-electric
school buses create cleaner air for our kids, bus drivers, and communities and
now we look no further than Croton-Harmon to adapt these technologies,” says
Vincent Riscica, Senior Project Manager – NYSERDA.
Electric
school buses have zero tailpipe emissions, meaning zero toxins and carcinogens
for kids to breathe in.
The
district is getting a second electric school bus, which is scheduled to be
delivered sometime this spring.