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(STN Podcast E95) Fresh Perspectives: Driver Shortage, COVID-19 Pandemic, Propane Buses

School Transportation Nation podcast – Episode 95

Conversations continue on how wages and the CDL process affect the driver shortage. Districts are struggling with a new wave of school closures and reduced bus ridership because of COVID-19, but is this an endemic rather than a pandemic?

Tony and Steve Whaley, Director of Autogas Business Development for the Propane Education & Research Council, discuss propane school buses, infrastructure, implementation plans and available funding.

Read more at stnonline.com/tag/coronavirus and stnonline.com/tag/propane.

This episode is brought to you by Transfinder.

Conversation with the Propane Education & Research Council.

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