It would take hundreds of issues of SBF to give due credit to every hard-working, dedicated and “fascinating” individual who works in the inter...

On Sept. 9, a nearly empty transit bus operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) approached a scheduled stop but ...

Expansion adds to challenge

SOUTH DAKOTA
Brandon Valley School District 49-2, Brandon

FLEET FACTS
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Maintaining the family fleet

NEW MEXICO
Mountain Bus Co., Sandia Park

FLEET FACTS
Buses: 25
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Words to live and work by

MASSACHUSETTS
Laidlaw, Dudley-Charlton-Oxford

FLEET FACTS
Buses: 74
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Keeping it in the family

HAWAII
Akina Bus Service, Ltd., Kihei

FLEET FACTS
Buses: 16
Student...

In our October/November 1999 issue we introduced a special report called "Great Fleets Across America" to recognize school bus fleets doing an excelle...

Even after five editions, our latest group of 50 Great Fleets still represents the very best of what student transportation has to offer — innovative ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Though delegates at the 53rd Annual Southeastern States Pupil Transportation Conference (SESPTC) came from all over the South, th...

I’ve got some good news and some bad news. First, the good news: Half of transportation managers at school districts believe they’re adequately compen...

More than a small share of school transportation providers will tell you that having a Website is not just a good idea anymore — it’s a necessity. Sur...

Face it, as a transportation manager, some things are just out of your hands. Budgets, school bus procurement, community concerns, school boundaries, ...

Herman Humbol stood before me in my office, hat held respectfully in front of him.

“Afternoon sir,” he said. “You called me?”

I have been the ...

Driver who allowed student behind wheel gets probation

HAWKINS COUNTY, Tenn. — The case against a school bus driver who allegedly allowed a ...

“The wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round, ‘round and ‘round...all through the town.” This familiar chant can be heard on any given day in primary c...

It’s been said that while it’s hard to write an obituary for a stranger, it’s harder still to write one for a friend. Truer words have never been spok...

School transportation is a conservative business. Getting kids safely between home and school by way of yellow school buses has been a static and succ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Dennis Essary, a former president of the National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT), will be remembered by the pupil tr...

Many years ago, a young man submitted an application for the position of substitute school bus driver at his local school district and never heard a w...

As we head into the 2003-04 school year, I'd like for everyone to start off on a positive note. Admittedly, that’s not an easy task given the deflatin...