The zero-emission school bus mandate
Changes, challenges, and resistance in rural New York State
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https://doi.org/10.47381/aijre.v35i3.786Keywords:
zero-emission, rural infrastructure, student transportation, finance, taxpayers, rural advocacyAbstract
A divisive legislative mandate presented an impending deadline to meet zero-emission transportation for student busing in New York State. Though lauded as a progressive environmental measure, this directive proved to lack public support, be a challenge to the infrastructure of rural towns, and threatened the financial solvency of rural school districts. This situation required a repositioning of school transportation as part of the rural infrastructure and demonstrated the need for local voices to counter broad-strokes legislation, with particular attention to the unique needs of rural places.
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