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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello Mass Planners, <span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I\u2019m excited to announce that MAPC has released an<b> Electric School Bus Roadmap</b>! You can access it here:
<a href="https://www.mapc.org/resource-library/electric-school-buses/" target="_blank">
https://www.mapc.org/resource-library/electric-school-buses/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This roadmap is intended to be a guide for school districts and municipalities to start planning for an effective and efficient transition to electric school buses. It highlights the essential steps that school
districts and municipalities should take and provides many links to resources that decision-makers can use to learn more about making this transition. Key topics covered include Conducting a Fleet Assessment, Site Selection and Planning, Funding and Financing,
as well as Working with Utilities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We would like to express our gratitude and acknowledgment to the following organizations for their contributions to the development of this resource: Eversource, Green Energy Consumers Alliance, Highland Electric
Fleets, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), National Grid, Operational Services Division (OSD), and the World Resources Institute.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Alison <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Alison Felix, AICP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Principal Planner &<span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Emerging Technologies Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Metropolitan Area Planning Council<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">60 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">617-721-3181<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:afelix@mapc.org" target="_blank"><span lang="FR" style="color:blue">afelix@mapc.org</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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