Transit agencies and school districts in Massachusetts should transition to all-electric bus fleets by 2030 and turn to borrowing and local option taxes to ensure they phase out polluting diesel buses, according to a new report.
The report, released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Education Fund and Environment Massachusetts Research and Policy Center, concludes that plans should be implemented immediately to achieve the goal in 12 years.
“Climate change is accelerating and transportation is now the biggest climate polluter,” Ben Hellerstein, director of Environment Massachusetts Research and Policy Center, said in a statement. “Switching to all-electric buses will clean the air we breathe and reduce the risks of global warming.”