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(STN Podcast E74) Female Initiative: Emphasizing Driver Training & Electric School Bus Use

School Transportation Nation podcast – Episode 74

School bus driver trainer Donna Lopez muses on lessons learned from 30+ years of driving buses and shares her unique solution to the driver shortage – a training facility she opened in California. Read more at stnonline.com/tag/bus-driver-shortage.

Ritu Narayan, founder & CEO of Zum, shares the transportation company’s plan to get 10,000 electric school buses on the road in 4 years. Read more at stnonline.com/tag/electric.

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