School Buses

NY Department Of Aging Employs Idle School Buses For Senior Day Trips

New York Times City Room | Sarah Maslin Nir | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York

Read More: School Buses, Senior Mobility, Meals on Wheels, Department of Aging, Aging, New York Department of Education, New York Department of Aging, Senior Citizens, New York, New York City, Ageism, New York News

Gossiping and laughing, they climbed onto the big yellow school bus on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning. But the 20 people clambering ab...

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T. Boone: Why Not Get Inventive?

A. Siegel | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Phevs, Phesb, School Buses, Oil, Natural Gas Vehicles, Plug-in Vehicles, The Pickens Plan, Natural Gas, Transportation, Green News

T. Boone Pickens has been spending millions (actually, tens of millions) to promote The Pickens' Plan, which is a fundamentally flawed concept that could nail the coffin shut on America's future.

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Are These Energy-Saving Measures Wise... Or Wacky?

Andrew Winston | Posted 10.16.2008 | Green

Read More: School Day, No Left Turns, School Buses, Xerox, Innovation, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Ups, New Milk Jug, Staples, Green News

Some ideas, like Wal-Mart putting doors on refrigerated cases and cutting energy use 70% in that aisle, are head-slappingly obvious. But some wacky energy-saving ideas can be wise, too.

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Four-Day School Week: High Gas Prices Force Rural School Districts To Shorten School Week

Huffington Post via ABC News | Posted 06.06.2008 | Living

Read More: High Gas Prices, Busing, School Buses, High Gas Prices Shorten School Week, 4 Day School Week, Rural School Districts, Living News

High gas prices, which continue to rise even as oil prices fall, are forcing rural school districts to switch to a four-day school week in order to cu...