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Seeing more yellow around Steamboat Springs is a clear sign that summer is coming to an end. While the leaves aren’t changing quite yet, yellow school buses have been back on the roads for a.
One sound that stands out in the quiet, electric-powered ride around the block from the Steamboat Springs School District Transportation Department is the turn signal.
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The Steamboat Springs School District Transportation Department is ordering a Blue Bird all-electric school bus this month. The same type of electric bus was delivered to Boulder Valley School District on Wednesday becoming the first electric school bus in Colorado. (Photo courtesy of Boulder Valley School District)
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Some Steamboat Springs School District students taking the bus to school or activities next school year will be riding in quiet electric style.
After receiving a more than $317,000 ALT Fuels Colorado grant in January, the district will place an order within the week for an all-electric-powered, 72-passenger Blue Bird school bus, according to Casey Ungs, the district’s transportation manager.