transportation Campus Resources

Sustainable Transportation Initiative Goals, Mandates, and Strategies: An overview to what a sustainable transportation initiative is, key mandates, and strategies.

Sustainable Campus and Operations Plan (SCOP): This is an example of a Sustainable Campus and Operations Plan (SCOP), which is a comprehensive overview to all green facilities initiatives. Transportation is part of the Campus section, and is part of the condensed SCOP in Appendix A. 

• • • EXAMPLE: San Mateo County Office of Education SCOP

    • TEMPLATE: Blank Outlined SCOP 

    • EXAMPLE for SCOP in an Awards Program Context: SMCOE Green Ribbon Awards Program Summary

SMCOE Whole School Sustainability Audit: Comprehensive audit for campus, curriculum, and community for safe routes to school, school fleets (yellow & white), policies and practices, and green commute. 

Board Resolution: Many communities have passed environmental sustainability and Climate Change Action board resolutions. In these resolutions, transportation is often addressed through Safe Routes to Schools programs, electric bussing, or increased green commute infrastructure. 

• Local Award Programs

• • • SMCOE Sustainable and Climate Resilient Schools Challenge - Possible Financial Award!

    • SMCOOS Green Star Schools

• Statewide Award Programs

  • • Green Ribbon (ED-GRS & CA-GRS)

    • CA Green Business Award: Use Commute Sustainably Section

• Going Electric: A Start-Up Plan for School Buses

• Massachusetts School District Case Study

• Stockton Unified School District Case Study (video 31:52)

Clean School Bus Fleet Funding Overview: 2 page overview to the latest funding resources for clean school bus fleets

There are a number of programs in place for clean school bus incentives, learn more with these resources. Deadlines and requirements vary per program.  

• • BAAQMD - Clean Fleets Program

  • Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP)

  • Air Resource Board (ARB) Incentives

Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE) provides technical assistance to school districts to install electric vehicle charging stations. Clean Result, contractors for PCE, can provide a high level scope for the project, as well as site evaluations, and load analysis. Further design work is needed in order to apply for permits for an EV Charging Station. 

San Mateo County Office of Education: Safe Routes to School has resources, funding, and events about safe transportation in San Mateo County.