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Journal of Transportation Technologies, 2012, 2, 158-164 / 10.4236/jtts.2012.22017 Published Online April 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jtts) Comparison of In-Use Operating Costs of Hybrid-Electric and Conventional School Buses Shauna Hallmark, Robert Sperry Center for Transportation Research and Education, Iowa State University, Ames, USA Email: shallmar@ Received November 15, 2011; revised January 10, 2012; accepted February 15, 2012 ABSTRACT Hybrid-electric school buses became available in the US through a national consortium designed to bring hybrid-elec- tric school buses to market by creating enough demand among school districts to encourage manufacturers to invest in development of the technology. A number of school districts in the US joined the HESB project to purchase plug-in hybrid-electric school buses. Sixteen hybrid-electric school buses were purchased and piloted in 11 states. Two of the hybrid-electric school buses were purchased by the Nevada and Sigourney school districts in the state of Iowa, US. In-use fuel economy and electricity operating costs were monitored for the two Iowa hybrid school buses and two con- trol buses (one in each district). Fuel consumption and other operational metrics were calculated and compared for each school district. The hybrid buses were deployed in January 2008 and data were recorded through May 2010. Valuation of the data indicated that the Nevada HESB had 29.6% better fuel economy than the control bus and the Sigourney HESB had 39.2% better fuel economy than the control bus. Electrical costs per mile were also calculated for the two hybrid-electric school buses. Total operating costs per mile were calculated based on fuel use per mile for all buses and electrical costs for the