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Transportation director outlines route counts, RFID rollout and $2.54M electric-bus grant; district to pilot stop-arm extensions
Summary
Transportation Director Casey Uns told the board on April 7 the district operates 10 daily routes plus one special-education route, is rolling out RFID cards and an app, received $2.543 million in EPA/CDPHE grants to buy three electric buses and chargers, and plans stop-arm extensions to reduce illegal passings.
Steamboat Springs School District Transportation Director Casey Uns gave a comprehensive update April 7 on bus operations, technology deployments and recent grant funding, saying the district plans to operate its regular routes entirely with electric vehicles next year and is testing multiple measures to improve safety and efficiency.
Uns said the district runs 10 daily regular routes and one special-education route, averaging about 50 riders per regular route and serving roughly 25% of the district’s students (about 400 students by his estimate). The longest route covers about 95 miles per day; district vehicles travel about 512 miles daily and roughly 86,000 miles annually.
On technology and rider tracking, the district has distributed about 500 RFID cards and, after early deployment issues, has installed card readers on its full fleet. Uns said a district app…
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