PA. School bus to get Plug in Hybrid Bus

[priussoris]

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007...lvania_re.html

[alexstarfire]

I think they got the date wrong. How could they have just gotten the bus but use it for the 2006-2007 school year. I mean, the school year is basically over right now.

Ok, other than that probably typo this sounds great. Buses suck up a lot of gas, but they can carry a ton of people. However, when it's just carrying a handful of people it's not so great. Public transportation is only useful if used enough.

Either way, schools will always have buses full of kids. Should cut down on fuel consumption a lot, if most schools end up getting the hybrid buses. I wonder how much fuel schools nationwide use in a school year?

[charliem]

I know how to solve this problem---Let them walk.

[priussoris]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(charliem @ Apr 29 2007, 06:04 AM) [snapback]432062[/snapback]</div>

I know how to solve this problem---Let them walk.
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Yeah , when I was a kid we walked uphill in 2 feet of snow both ways.


Seriously

I think school districts would save a small fortune in fuel cost.
as far as the school year they go by fiscal year so it would be 2006-2007 told to me by a friend who works at a college.

I am glad to see it maybe more districts will see it and DO SOMETHING maybe our PRESIDENT will DO SOMETHING too. HE did say we were ADDICTED to OIL

[Mr.Vanvandenburg]

Fuel cell buses are in operation in several places. I saw this link about hybrid buses powered by GM.

http://www.gillig.com/New%20GILLIG%20WEB/hybrid.htm

[efusco]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(charliem @ Apr 29 2007, 07:04 AM) [snapback]432062[/snapback]</div>

I know how to solve this problem---Let them walk. [/b]

Unfortunately not all areas are safe for kids to walk, particularly younger ones. We have areas w/o sidewalks, cross walks and where they must cross multiple lanes of traffic. We've had at least 1 kid a year who sustained a serious injury while walking or riding their bike to school ever since they cut bussing for kids living less than a mile from school. The ultimate cost when there's a law suit for something like this exceeds the cost of bussing the kids.

[alexstarfire]

And yet somehow they blame the school for their child's stupidity. I'm not saying it was his fault, but there are only two people involved in an accident. The victim and the suspect. This case being the kid and the person driving the car. Where does the school come in? Did they make him walk to school? NO. Did they tell him to cross the street at that moment? NO. Were they driving the car? Probably not, unless the driver happened to work at the school.

Law suits like this are what make this country blow so bad. They have to blame stupidity on someone, and it's always placed on the person who has the most money. I bet you if a rich person had hit the kid that he'd have been sued instead of the school, and the school never would have been brought into it.

[efusco]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Alexstarfire @ Apr 29 2007, 11:20 AM) [snapback]432110[/snapback]</div>

And yet somehow they blame the school for their child's stupidity. I'm not saying it was his fault, but there are only two people involved in an accident. The victim and the suspect. This case being the kid and the person driving the car. Where does the school come in? Did they make him walk to school? NO. Did they tell him to cross the street at that moment? NO. Were they driving the car? Probably not, unless the driver happened to work at the school.

Law suits like this are what make this country blow so bad. They have to blame stupidity on someone, and it's always placed on the person who has the most money. I bet you if a rich person had hit the kid that he'd have been sued instead of the school, and the school never would have been brought into it. [/b]

Wow, what an interesting perspective. You do realize that children are....children, right? You're going to call a 9 year old that makes a mistake crossing a road "stupid"? This is more of something related to judgement that improves with age and maturity.



And yes, in essence they did force the kids to walk to school by eliminating bussing...technically it's a combination of the city and the school district. Now, I'm not saying I agree with putting them at fault for financial losses, that's for others to decide. But certainly when kids have to cross a busy intersection it increases the chances of something bad happening.