School Bus Fleet, April 2019

BUSINESS Texas District Honored for Propane School Bus Program San Antonio Independent School District ISD was honored in February for its commitment to sustainability through its propane fueled school bus program The City of San Antonio Office of Sustainability presented the district with an SA Tomorrow Sustainability award for its Clean Green Yellow School Bus Machines program In July 2017 the district began a program to switch future purchases of school buses from diesel to propane Nathan Graf the districts senior executive director of transportation told SBF In early 2018 San Antonio ISD earned a Diesel Emissions Reduction Act DERA grant that enabled it to replace 11 diesel school buses with propane models The district earned another grant in late 2018 from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that allowed it to replace another five diesel buses with propane buses The district also purchased eight more propane buses not tied to grant funds and now 15 of its school bus fleet is powered by propane Graf added San Antonio Texas ISD won an award from the city for its Clean Green Yellow School Bus Machines program Shown here are district staff members with Nathan Graf senior executive director of transportation center Allison Transmission to Build New Vehicle Testing Facility Allison Transmission is investing in a new vehicle testing facility to support services for a variety of commercial vehicles The Vehicle Environmental Test facility located on the campus of Allisons global headquarters in Indianapolis Indiana will include two environmental chambers capable of simulating temperature extremes altitude and on road conditions according to a news release from the company The facility will allow testing for regulatory compliance on board diagnostic development and performance improvements for vehicle functional optimization It will also support testing for a range of propulsion systems including conventional powertrains alternative fuel electric hybrid and fully electric vehicles The facility will be one of a few in the U S according to Allison Transmission When Allison Transmission is not using the facility third parties will be able to use it for testing Facility project planning is scheduled for completion in 2020 THOMAS BUILT BUSES HATS MODEL BUSES AND MORE Visit our online store at ShopThomasBuiltGear com ITEMS AVAILABLE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE TBB MC A 113 Thomas Built Buses is registered to ISO 9001 2008 and ISO 14001 2004 Copyright Daimler Trucks North America LLC All rights reserved Thomas Built Buses Inc is a subsidiary of School Bus Fleet Webinars Work Let us help you create awareness position you as a thought leader and generate quality sales leads Look what our customers are saying It was wonderful working on the School Bus Fleet webinar I appreciate your support in coordinating promoting and executing this very successful event We will defi nitely look to partner with School Bus Fleet on future marketing programs Mariya Dayan Motorola Solutions Contact James Blue for information 310 533 2449 Daimler Trucks North America LLC a Daimler company www schoolbusfleet com SBF06 063216 48 SCHOOL BUS FLEET APRIL MAY 2019 WWW SCHOOLBUSFLEET COM