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Mobility Matters
A podcast focused on topics related to the field of transportation, sustainability, and economic development in New Jersey. Each show focuses on issues that are instrumental to mobility not only in Middlesex County but across New Jersey. Leading experts will join us sharing their insight and expertise on various topics including electric vehicles and their role in mobility, climate change, and its impact on our economy, bike and pedestrian safety, and its impact on infrastructure, placing making and its impact on our community and much much more.
Mobility Matters
NJ Electric School Bus Program
On this episode of Mobility Matters, Hosts Arlene Holt and Christopher Gonda speak with Doug O'Malley, State Director for Environment New Jersey, and Melissa Evanego, Bureau Chief for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), about the Electric School Bus Grant Program.
We talk about the environmental and health benefits of converting diesel school buses to electric fleets and the NJDEP Electric School Bus Grant Program that will open on February 1, 2024. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP) announced the availability of the Electric School Bus Grant Program, which will provide $15 million per year for three years. NJ DEP will host a series of three webinars introducing the program and its components. Interested applicants are encouraged to register and attend these webinars.
Links to Resources discussed on the podcast:
Environment New Jersey
ABCs of Electric School Buses
NJ DEP Electric School Bus Program
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Keep Middlesex Moving is Middlesex County, NJ's non-profit transportation management association (TMA). To learn more about us visit www.kmm.org. You can also find us on our social media platforms:
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Mobility Matters Podcast is created and produced by Keep Middlesex Moving, Inc.
Editing, sound mixing, and co-produced by Bert Baron.