Q&A
Legislation on electric school bus implementation
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Council Member Gennaro provides information about a bill passed in 2021 that sets requirements for electric school buses in New York City.
- The bill, passed at the end of 2021, sets a target date (believed to be 2035) for all school buses to be electric or retrofitted
- The legislation includes milestones leading up to the final completion date
- This city-level legislation is separate from state-level requirements
- The bill also addresses idling allowances for charter buses in extreme temperatures, but only when passengers are on board
James F. Gennaro
0:59:00
And also I just want to jump in that at the end of 2021, we did a Danny Drum bill on school buses that creates I think it dates certain it's off the top of my head.
0:59:13
I think it's I think it's 20:35, and that's either a new electric school bus or an old one that gets retrofitted.
0:59:21
I believe the I I I I believe the final completion is 20:35 on that, and there are, like, milestones that get to that.
0:59:32
I I I can't speak to the state law and just say what we've done on the on the city level.
0:59:37
That went through my committee, but like I said, it was Danny and Drumville.
0:59:41
And, you know, regarding the 15, you know, minutes, if if if if if the if this also is not just school buses, it's also these charter buses that go to Atlantic City, and it's cold out or whatever.
1:00:00
And the idea is that if it's really cold or really hot.
1:00:06
And if there are passengers in the bus, that's the difference.
1:00:09
So if there so if there are not passengers in the bus, they just can't stage an idle So that's not how that works.
1:00:18
And so
Alexa Avilés
1:00:18
Well, it does in practicality.
James F. Gennaro
1:00:20
I I'm I'm yeah.
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I I'm
Alexa Avilés
1:00:24
I'm I get it.
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My question.
James F. Gennaro
1:00:25
It's a long way sometimes between the creed and the deeds.
1:00:27
So so
Alexa Avilés
1:00:28
this Around the mitigation, like, what is the mitigation plans that are or, like, how how does the city how is the city trying to either allocate resources to to mitigate this collective impacts that we're seeing and in particular, in front of schools, honestly.
