Propane-fueled buses cut costs for Arizona schools

As Arizona’s school districts look to cut their budgets, some Valley schools are turning to alternative-fuel buses to save on costs and to be greener.

Mesa Public Schools, the Phoenix Union High School District and the Glendale Elementary School District are among the handful of Arizona districts that have made the switch to propane-powered buses. Districts save at least $1 per gallon by switching from diesel buses to propane buses, which run with reduced emissions.

“What we’re seeing with propane is very new. It became commercialized early last year, so now we’re seeing that trend move,” said Bill Sheaffer, executive director of the Valley of the Sun Clean Cities Coalition, a Phoenix-based non-profit.

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