USA, California
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) board has agreed to spend almost $3 million to replace some of the oldest (pre-1977) school buses in the state with 15 low-pollution CNG buses. The grants also will provide funding for some CNG fueling infrastructure. Five Southern California school districts will get the new buses: Fontana (8); Azuza Unified (2); Downey Unified (2); Huntington Beach City (2) and ABC Unified (Artesia, et al.) (1).
"Health studies continue to show the importance of reducing children's exposure to air pollution and particularly harmful diesel exhaust," AQMD board chairman William Burke said in a news release. "Today's action puts us one step closer to our goal of replacing all dirty diesel school buses in the Southland with cleaner technology." Unlike the regular Lower-Emission School Bus Program, the five public schools districts identified under this program are not required to pay any matching funds. School districts’ only obligation is to crush the pre-1977 buses being replaced.
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