electric buses

As Boston Public Schools looks to electrify its fleet of school buses it’s setting its sights on a new horizon: transforming existing diesel-powered and other internal combustion engine buses into electric ones.

As organizations across the state are looking to shift practices and models to become more climate-friendly, the MBTA is planning a shift to a fully electric bus fleet. The agency proposes a fully electrified fleet by 2040, but some transit activists and state legislators say the shift should come sooner and should have a stronger focus on the communities most impacted by air pollution.