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Dubai’s 1st School Transportation Conference

About 17 nations were represented in the United Arab Emirates in April 2013 as Dubai held its first conference aimed at enhancing school transportation. This gallery gives glimpses of the event and other sights in Dubai. Photos by the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority, Judy Shanley and Tom Mullins.

Minneapolis Public Schools’ plant operations and transportation services team spent four years converting an older school bus into the mobile command center. To read more about it, check out this news story.

Tags: emergency planning, Minnesota

Here, we share shots taken during the California Association of School Transportation Officials' (CASTO) annual conference in San Diego, as well as shots from around the host hotel. Photos by SBF Managing Editor Kelly Roher.

Tags: California, conferences

Here, we share photos submitted to us from pupil transporters around the country showing operations and buses in a range of conditions courtesy of Mother Nature.

Tags: winter

For some transportation departments and companies, school buses aren’t just a way to get students to and from school safely — they’re also a choice of office décor. Here, we present some spectacular yellow bus murals and other interesting artwork that grace the walls of operations across the nation.

Here, we share photos from events around the country that were held in February in celebration of Love the Bus month, which honors school bus drivers and highlights the important role that pupil transportation plays in students' education.

Tags: American School Bus Council, Love the Bus

Here, we share photos submitted to us by pupil transporters throughout the country that were featured in the Snapshots department of our 2013 Fact Book, our January 2013 issue and our February 2013 issue.

Tags: activity/field trips, emergency planning, history, stop arm running/illegal passing

In October 2012, SBF spent a day at Tennessee’s Shelby County Schools to see how Director of Transportation Debbie Rike steers her exemplary operation toward success. Here’s a variety of shots from the day. To read the feature article, go here. Photos by SBF Executive Editor Thomas McMahon.

In the spirit of the season, we share photos submitted to us from officials at operations around the country showing what they've done to celebrate Christmas, Halloween and Easter over the years, including participating in parades, decorating buses and organizing "Stuff the Bus" events.

Check out these action-packed shots of an emergency training event in Van Buren County, Mich., in which participants got to experience what it feels like to be in an overturned school bus as well as one filled with smoke. Submitted by Mark Niewoonder, transportation supervisor for Van Buren Intermediate School District.

Tags: bus fires, driver training, emergency planning, evacuation drills, Michigan, school bus crash

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