Clean Rides for Kids: Electric school buses hit the road, possibly heading your way

Diesel exhaust is bad for child and planetary health, but change is on the way. Twin Rivers Unified School District is one of the first school districts in the country to run electric school buses.  We talk with their transportation director and meet the people transforming the nation's biggest public transit program:  a former diesel salesman now CEO of an electric bus company, community activists, clean air officials, a guy called the Electric School Bus Evangelist, and more. And we find out how Volkswagen's legal settlement can fund electric buses for schools around the country. 

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Tim Shannon School transportation director
Bonnie Holms Gen American Lung Association
Bart Cruise California Air Resource Board
John Clements Electric School Bus Evangelist

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