BUSES AND DRIVERS
The Transport Service operates 2 bus networks: one serving the Uccle site and the other serving the Berkendael site.
Each day, 55 buses arrive at Uccle and 58 buses leave to take children home or to daycare. At Berkendael, 22 buses arrive at the school and 23 buses leave in the afternoon.
The vehicles are neither owned by the APEEE Services nor by the school, and the drivers are not directly hired by the APEEE Services. Instead, the Transport Service works with 15 external transport companies that provide vehicle(s) + driver(s) required to operate the daily school transport service.
Every year, the Transport Service negotiates contracts with these companies, which must comply with specifications established by the Service.
At the initiative of the Management Committee, and with the approval of the APEEE Services Board of Directors and the General Assembly, the Transport Service has been pursuing its transition towards a zero-emission school transport service since 2020, with the aim of reducing the impact of pollutant emissions on pupils. EEB1 was also the first school in Belgium to operate an electric school bus.
The original ambitious objective was to achieve a 100% electric bus fleet by 2025, by gradually increasing the number of electric buses in operation. This timeline has since been adjusted to reflect the evolving global geopolitical context. Nevertheless, the commitment of the Service, the Management Committee, and APEEE Services as a whole remains as strong as ever.
Progress of the green transition over the years:
- 2020–2021: 02/76 = 2.7%
- 2021–2022: 05/77 = 6.5%
- 2022–2023: 09/77 = 12%
- 2023–2024: 17/78 = 22%
- 2024–2025: 24/76 = 32%
- 2025–2026: 31/77 = 40%
- 2026–2027 forecast: 41/73 = 56%