School Districts Seek Ways to Control Fuel Costs

Chittenden East Supervisory Union is streamlining bus routes so that they will be driving 25,000 fewer miles this year than the last. They are also making fewer stops per development, having high school students walk to corners, and keeping engines fine-tuned to reduce fuel use.

Other districts such as Essex have found that their routes are already efficient and have limited options for reducing fuel costs.

Elswhere, school districts are consolidating bus stops, using engine treatments, and looking to streamline routes to save energy costs. One district in Northwest Arkansas pojects they will save $115,000 in fuel per year with these strategies.


[Sources: Burlington Free Press, The Morning News]