Michigan School Buses: GOING GREEN [Video]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — That smell of diesel in the morning before school, is slowly, going away.

Thanks to the 2023 Clean School Bus Program, Michigan has added 104 new electric school buses to 27 school districts in the state. It’s a vision to zero emissions.

Christopher Dean, the Director of Innovation for Dean Transportation explains the push as innovative. “It looks and feels like a yellow school bus on the outside. But underneath the hood, literally, it’s very different,” explained Dean.

Dean Transportation works all over Grand Rapids coordinating transportation for Grand Rapids Public Schools, and Kent Intermediate District. “We work closely with each district and both have exhibited interest in pursuing electric school buses,” said Dean.

With funding from the 2023 Clean School Bus program, going green – was a no-brainier.

“We’re trying to make them better for the future so that they, you know, can lead productive adult lives,” explained Mark Higgins, Supervisor of …