ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS INITIATIVE Technical Assistance Menu

The World Resources Institute (WRI) provides a technical assistance menu for school districts to accelerate the electrification of school bus fleets. The initiative offers free support across five stages: foundation setting, planning and procurement, charging infrastructure, testing and training, and deployment and scaling. WRI prioritizes districts in underserved communities and aims to support an equitable transition of the U.S. school bus fleet to electric by 2030.

• WRI's Electric School Bus Initiative provides free technical assistance, tools, and resources to school districts to support the electrification of bus fleets, prioritizing districts in underserved communities.
• The transition to electric school buses typically follows a standardized process requiring approximately two years of planning, though timelines vary based on financing, local capacity, and bus availability.
• The technical assistance is structured into five phases: Foundation Setting (3-6 months), Planning and Procurement and Charging Infrastructure (12-24 months), and Testing and Training and Deployment and Scaling (ongoing).
• The initiative's overarching goal is to facilitate an equitable transition of the United States school bus fleet to electric by the year 2030 to provide economic, climate, and health benefits.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS INITIATIVE Technical Assistance Menu. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2022-05/esb-initiative-technical-assistance-menu-april-2022.pdf

Chicago

World Resources Institute. ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS INITIATIVE Technical Assistance Menu. n.d. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2022-05/esb-initiative-technical-assistance-menu-april-2022.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendelectric, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS INITIATIVE Technical Assistance Menu}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2022-05/esb-initiative-technical-assistance-menu-april-2022.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }