Local School Bus Company Leader named a “Sustainability All-Star”

All-Star Transportation is proud to announce that its president, John Dufour, has been named a 'Sustainability All-Star' by Green Fleet magazine based on his efforts in "greening" the company's fleet of school buses. The award was presented at the 2013 Green Fleet Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

"This is well-deserved recognition among your peers and the key movers and shakers in the area of sustainability," said Lauren Fletcher, Managing Editor of Green Fleet Magazine about Mr. Dufour.

This year All-Star Transportation became the first school bus company in Connecticut to purchase propane-driven vehicles. Today the entire fleet of 51-buses serving the Torrington Public Schools is running on more environmentally friendly propane gas. In addition to reducing emissions, the use of propane is cutting fuel costs, which are paid directly by the school district. The district also gets a 50-cent per-gallon tax reimbursement for switching to an alternative fuel, as well as a fuel tax exemption of 18-cents per gallon.

"Torrington Public Schools is extremely impressed with the new propane buses provided by All Star Transportation for the students of Torrington," said Cheryl Kloczko, Torrington Superintendant of Schools. "They are quiet, odorless, and allow Torrington Public Schools to safely transport children from home to school and back again."

Along with propane-fueled school buses, All-Star Transportation also utilizes a half dozen hybrid vehicles for its bus safety monitoring operations, and the company recycles all waste fluids from its diesel vehicles and uses it to heat All-Star Transportation's three maintenance facilities.

"We continuously seize every opportunity to make our fleet and our company green," said Leslie Sheldon, Operations Manager of All-Star Transportation. "Propane school buses would not be running in Connecticut today without John's vision and hard work."

For more information, call (203) 573-0555 or email leslie.sheldon@all-startransportation.com.

ABOUT ALL-STAR TRANSPORATION

All-Star Transportation is owned and operated by the Dufour family, which has been in the school transportation business in Connecticut for more than 45-years. All-Star Transportation is the largest privately-held school bus company operating solely in Connecticut, providing school bus transportation services to 30 communities in Litchfield, New Haven, Hartford and upper Fairfield Counties. For more information go to: www.all-startransportation.com.