Opinion: Propane isn’t the solution for school buses
By Marcela Mitaynes and Lovinia Reynolds
Every weekday, more than 50,000 public school buses transport more than two million young New Yorkers, the majority of whom are students of color, to school and home again. On their daily commute, they’re surrounded by the harmful emissions released by fossil fuel-burning vehicles. In environmental justice communities, the impact of these vehicles is compounded by other pollution sources, such as power plants, and exacerbates existing health challenges, like asthma, that disproportionately affect children of color.
But with the arrival of zero-emission school bus technology and ever-improving batteries, the nation’s student transportation fleet is on the cusp of a radical and much-needed transition to zero-emissions vehicles that would lead to cleaner, healthier air for kids and neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs.