Document that the local school bus fleet has optimized routes, start times, boundaries, vehicle efficiency and fuels, driver actions to cut costs including idling reduction, and shifting students from the bus to walking, biking and city transit.
Best Practice of this action
Keywords
schools
Rating Guideline
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Implement at least two strategies, which can include training drivers in fuel-efficient driving, adopting a no idling policy/practice. Report Safe Routes to School (shifting students from the bus to biking/walking) implementation results under best practice action 12.2 |
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Use of route optimizer software, or city buses, or other techniques to reduce bus usage. |
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Documentation (including energy and costs) of implementation of actions. |
Resources
- See A Legislative Study of Student Transportation (MN Dept. of Administration: 2013).
Order Number
5
Action Type
Finite