Yellow school buses are one of DOT’s best success stories. This accomplishment needs to be told not so much for those in our industry but for the elected officials and citizens of cities across the country that are being forced to make difficult budgetary decisions.
I also have to wonder whether the story would have spread so fast and so far if it hadn’t initially been called a “school bus crash.”
A decade or so ago, news stories about school buses mostly only reported on crashe...
Several recent school bus crashes have led to a flurry of activity at the School Bus Information Cle...
As we at SCHOOL BUS FLEET search the Web each day to see what the nation’s media outlets have to report about school buses, the articles on “ba...
As we begin another school year, there is sure to be a high level of interest in school bus safety and related issues.
Recent high-profile activit...
Open the channels of communication immediately if you've been plagued by one of the "Seven Deadly Sins." Or face the loss of your employees' confidence.
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...
SBF Editor Steve Hirano interviewed Robert Hach, president of Laidlaw Education Services, based in Naperville, Ill.
Meeting in Buffalo, N.Y., delegates learned about predicting and responding to school violence, as well as handling the media, special-needs challenges and transportation funding.
I observed sharks feeding in bloody waters early last month. No, these beasts weren’t lurking off the coast of New Jersey, my home state. They w...
What’s interesting about this television commercial is how it has resonated within the school transportation community. Through the grapevine, I’ve heard that school bus drivers, especially, have embraced this 30-second sales pitch like a newly found twin.
Expansion of school bus transportation in the 21st century hinges on the industry's efforts to promote its achievements and to erase widespread misconceptions.
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