Earth Day is coming up (April 22) and to celebrate the day, students from one Illinois school will get to ride a state-of-the-art hybrid school bus to and from school. Hybrid school buses aren’t just good for the environment, they’re good for the students who ride it every day. The idling bus fills the surrounding air with exhaust fumes and the students breathe that at every stop sign and stop light.

“The new hybrid school bus gets up to 13 mpg, making it twice as efficient and cost-effective as a diesel-powered bus. Typically, a hybrid school bus emits 40% less carbon dioxide, which scientists closely link to global warming. Similarly, it reduces smog-creating nitrogen oxides by an average of 20% and typically reduces particulate matter, that once inhaled can affect the heart and lungs and cause serious health effects, by 30%.” (Source: PR Newswire)

The bus is one of only 25 hybrid school buses in the nation and the first in the state of Illinois. The bus has a life-expectancy of 12 years which is similar to that of a non-hybrid school bus.

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