City will phase in 75 electric school buses over the next two years; To support citywide electric vehicle adoption, the administration will expand legislation that requires all new parking lots include EV charging infrastructure. NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio doubled down on his commitment to reduce carbon and air pollution from vehicles by announcing that […]
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Ex-Leader of Bus Drivers’ Union Is Sentenced in Bribery Case
EX-LEADER OF BUS DRIVERS’ UNION IS SENTENCED IN BRIBERY CASE The former president of a union representing 15,000 New York City school bus drivers was sentenced on Thursday to four years and nine months in federal prison after pleading guilty to extortion and receiving bribes in a Mafia-controlled racketeering conspiracy. Related Article: LOGAN BUS CO. […]
Continue readingSchool Bus Safety Officials Are Accused of Soliciting Bribes
SCHOOL BUS SAFETY OFFICIALS ARE ACCUSED OF SOLICITING BRIBES Four City Department of Education employees were charged in a federal indictment on Tuesday with soliciting bribes in exchange for promising preferential treatment, including on safety inspections, to bus companies that serve thousands of special education students. In an indictment unsealed in Manhattan, prosecutors said the […]
Continue readingLogan Bus Co. Set to Receive $206 Million Contract Despite Admitting to Bribing City Officials
LOGAN BUS CO. SET TO RECEIVE $206 MILLION CONTRACT DESPITE ADMITTING TO BRIBING CITY OFFICIALS Education officials are poised to give a $206 million no-bid contract to a school bus company – even though its owner has admitted company employees regularly bribed city officials and a mobbed-up union. Logan Bus Co. owner Michael Tornabe – […]
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Diesel Exhaust, School Buses and Children’s Health
DIESEL EXHAUST, SCHOOL BUSES AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH Background and epidemiology: Most North American school buses and transport trucks are powered by diesel fuelled engines. Diesel has become the fuel of choice because it is considered more economical. However, as evidence grows about the connection between diesel exhaust, air pollution and ill health, so does public […]
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FBI Claims School Bus Owner Paid Mob Union
FBI Claims School Bus Owner Paid Mob Union January 23, 2008 – The feds have busted a school bus company owner implicated in a growing scandal that’s tarnished the city’s Department of Education, the Daily News has learned. Joseph Fazzia, owner of Jofaz Transportation, was quietly charged last week with making false statements to the […]
Continue readingSchool Buses May Foul Air for Many Years
October 11, 2005 – New York City’s fleet of 6,200 yellow school buses is the largest in the country by far. And despite recent efforts to clean up the most polluting buses in the fleet, it may still be one of the dirtiest.
In a city with asthma rates so high that in some neighborhoods — Harlem, for example — one in four children has the disease, officials have found that efforts to reduce harmful emissions from school buses are hindered by the age of the fleet and by the fact that the buses are owned not by the city, but by outside companies.
Continue readingSouthern Illinois School District Awaiting Electric Buses: ‘We’re Really Ready’
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AWAITING ELECTRIC BUSES: ‘WE’RE REALLY READY’ May 7, 2020 – When students eventually return to the Triad school district in southwest Illinois, officials are hoping to have a cleaner option to get them there. The district has arranged for the purchase of three Motiv Type C electric school buses through funding […]
Continue readingFlipping the Switch on Electric School Buses
FLIPPING THE SWITCH ON ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES: CO-OPS SEE ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES AS A WAY TO BUILD INTEREST IN EVS April 29, 2020 – When Colorado’s West Grand School District rolls out its first electric school bus this fall, Chris Michalowski thinks it might be the thing that flips the switch on his community’s interest […]
Continue readingWrong On Red: 2017 Report Detailing Red Light Camera Violations By School Buses
WRONG ON RED: A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN RELEASES NEW REPORT DETAILING RED LIGHT CAMERA VIOLATIONS BY SCHOOL BUSES October 17, 2017 – NEW YORK — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today that an investigation by his office into school bus safety identified nearly 1,500 red light camera violations by school bus companies in Westchester and Suffolk […]
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