It’s been awhile since I last wrote! In case you’re new, I am a zero emissions bus (ZEB) advocate here in Portland, Oregon.

Our beautiful state of Oregon boasts about 2,000 public transit buses and 7,975 school buses. Just 14 of our 9,975 total buses run on electricity, with no tailpipe emissions. That’s .001%.

What the heck does “vehicle to grid” (V2G) mean, if you operate school buses? In the utility world, V2G is all the rage, at least in concept, especially related to electric school buses (ESB’s).

Common sense might tell us that electric buses are really a city thing for the bigger, urban transit agencies.

Electrification means change. All of us have navigated before, probably growing wiser in the process. What advice would you give the younger version of yourself?

In my last issue I noted that some people pick fantasy football teams, while geeks like me create dream teams of conference panel speakers.

In the spirit of being back at school, let’s have a true-false quiz on electric school buses.

I’m hoping that one or more school districts in Oregon will be joining the several dozen districts, spread all over the nation, already running one or more electric school buses.

CTE’s International ZEB Conference September 26-27 in San Francisco is exciting by external measures.

Just to be clear: I love school buses and pupil transportation. In fact, let me count the ways!

Electric buses are disruptive. I advocate for them because they slash the emissions that drive both climate change and increased cancer rates.

I love living in Oregon (30 years now) but I can’t pretend we are early adopters of electric buses.