Technical Note for A Dataset Of Electric School Bus Adoption In The United States

This technical note describes the methodology for a World Resources Institute (WRI) dataset tracking electric school bus (ESB) adoption across the United States, including commitment levels, bus details, and school district socio-economic data.

• The WRI dataset tracks 'committed' electric school buses (ESBs) at the school district level, defining a bus as committed once a district or operator has received funding or made a formal purchase agreement. It monitors four specific adoption phases: 'awarded,' 'ordered,' 'delivered,' and 'operating.'
• To analyze the equity of the ESB transition, the dataset incorporates school district characteristics such as racial composition, poverty rates, air pollution, and locale (categorized as urban, suburban, town, or rural).
• Data is aggregated from public sources including news articles, school websites, social media, and industry publications like School Bus Fleet magazine, alongside official data from the U.S. Census, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Center for Education Statistics.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Technical Note for A Dataset Of Electric School Bus Adoption In The United States. https://www.wri.org/research/technical-note-dataset-electric-school-bus-adoption-united-states

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Technical Note for A Dataset Of Electric School Bus Adoption In The United States. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/technical-note-dataset-electric-school-bus-adoption-united-states.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendtechnical, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Technical Note for A Dataset Of Electric School Bus Adoption In The United States}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/technical-note-dataset-electric-school-bus-adoption-united-states}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }