Travels and Meditations On Our Built Environments From California's Capital City, Sacramento

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Big Yellow School Bus Goes Electric


Today I headed back into the California EPA building after a long walk in the February sunshine - and ambled by surprise onto a remarkable mobile architectural feat above. It's the first all-electric bus sold to a U.S. school district. 

Turns out it belongs to the Kings Canyon School District in Reedley near Fresno. I got to talking with the district's transportation chief who gushed enthusiasm over his new wheels. Then he asked flat out if I wanted to go for a ride. Sure enough, we took a slow spin around the block in a silent school bus that gets 120 miles to a charge. 

This is what I love about living in California. As the sign says: The Power to Change the World.



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