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For WP’s Department of Data, Andrew Van Dam notes the decline of the school bus and the rise of the private vehicle to bring kids to school. The estimates are based on responses to the National Household Travel Survey conducted by the Federal Highway Administration.
I rode the bus when I was a kid, until I switched to riding my bicycle. I am now a parent who drives my kids to school. So this data strikes the a chord.
Tags: kids, school bus, Washington Post
Posted by in kids, school bus, Statistical Visualization, Washington Post
For Bloomberg, Zahra Hirji and Denise Lu on the electrification of the national school bus fleet:
Most school buses today run on diesel. The climate footprint of a diesel school bus is about 3.3 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) per mile, more than double the per-mile footprint (roughly 1.5 pounds of CO2e) for a bus powered on the average US electric grid, according to Argonne National Laboratory. If a large share of the American school bus fleet — the largest mass transportation system in the country — electrifies, that would translate to a significant emissions cut.
They used a LEGO school bus to show how a diesel school bus is retrofitted as an electric one, which is a plus in my book.
Tags: Bloomberg, electric vehicle, LEGO, school bus
Posted by in Bloomberg, electric vehicle, Infographics, Lego, school bus