Expanding Clean Transportation in Our Community
The new Lincoln High School Clean Mobility in Schools Project has been awarded funding by the California Air Resources Board, which will bring clean technology into the neighborhood and will help reduce air pollution and improve the air quality in our community. These improvements will be implemented starting in 2021 through 2023 and will have positive environmental impacts for years to come.
Here is What's Coming
- 13 New electric school buses
- New electric trucks for the district’s food delivery program
- An electric bike program for senior students and teachers
- Electric landscaping and cleaning equipment
- Car sharing and van pooling for school-sponsored activities
- Electric vehicles used by staff at community events
- Free workforce training for community members on zero-emission automotive careers and electrical trades
The Lincoln Cluster of Schools Clean Mobility in Schools Program serves the 14 schools in the Lincoln High School Cluster and includes 13 electric school buses, electric food delivery trucks, electric landscaping and maintenance equipment, an electric van and carpool vehicle, a large electric vehicle for community events, charging stations, and battery storage to support the electric buses with clean energy. In addition, electric bikes were part of a pilot program for participating Lincoln students and staff.
An education and outreach effort for students and parents shared the benefits of clean mobility options to improve the neighborhood's air quality. Students and parents from each of the elementary and middle also received information on the safest routes to walk and bike to each of their schools. Students at Lincoln High School received workforce training education on the different types of jobs available in the clean technology industry.
This Lincoln Cluster of Schools Clean Mobility in Schools Program is part of a $9.7 million grant from California Air Resources Board and California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment — particularly in communities impacted by poor air quality.
Poor air quality impacts children and school employees in areas throughout the state and San Diego County, including Barrio Logan, Mountain View, Logan Heights, and Lincoln Park, as demonstrated by California’s health screening tool that identifies communities disproportionately burdened by pollution. The pilot program puts the Lincoln Cluster of schools on the cutting edge of clean school transportation.
Project partners working together with the San Diego Unified School District to implement the program include CALSTART, Center for Sustainable Energy, Circulate San Diego, Cleantech San Diego, Environmental Health Coalition, Nuvve, S Curve Strategies, and SDG&E.
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