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Pressed Play: 2025 Year in Review, Video Edition

You watched, shared, and replayed these videos all year long; see School Bus Fleet’s most-watched coverage on safety, policy, tech, and leadership.

December 18, 2025
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Check out our biggest stories captured on video in 2025, from alternative transportation to safety tech shaping school transportation.

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Some stories are best told on camera. 

In 2025, we dove into topics with real thought leaders in the industry, covering breaking news and inspirational stories that made you tune in. From alternative transportation, human trafficking, new bus features, and emerging safety tech, these videos captured the conversations that shaped school transportation this year.

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Top-Viewed Videos 

1. Beyond the Yellow Bus: Exploring Alternative Student Transportation 

EverDriven CEO Mitch Bowling joins The Route to discuss how alternative transportation is expanding options beyond the yellow bus. 

2. Protecting Students with Smarter Tech Aboard the School Bus

Safe Fleet’s Mike Hagan joins us on The Route to discuss the future of school bus safety technology — from predictive stop arms and driver monitoring to AI cameras and law enforcement partnerships. The Route is sponsored by IC Bus — proudly manufacturing the Next Generation CE Series.

3. Safety Lessons from School Bus Accidents

NTSB accident investigator Meg Sweeney shares how real school bus crash investigations lead to safer practices and prevent future tragedies. 

4. What’s Going on in Washington? A Check-In with NSTA

We cover top headlines in student transportation before joining NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn to discuss recent events and updates from Washington, D.C. 

5. Leadership Lessons with SBF’s Award Winners

Get to know the inspiring stories of 12 young leaders in student transportation in this episode of The Route! Plus, hear stories and takeaways from SBF’s 2025 Administrator of the Year, Kimberly Jones. 

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Most-Watched Video Short: NAPT ACTS 2025 Highlights: SBF On the Scene with IC Bus

Join us from the trade show floor at NAPT's ACTS conference in Grand Rapids from Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2025! School Bus Fleet caught up with Chad Duncan from IC Bus to check out the next-generation IC CE diesel school bus featuring a redesigned glass door for improved visibility, dual-height handrails, and bright LED interior lighting.

YouTube's Favorite Video of the Year: Human Trafficking & The School Bus

Human trafficking might not be top of mind when you think of school buses — but it should be. Let's chat with Truckers Against Trafficking and a former transportation director about how this crime shows up in school transportation — and how drivers can play a life-saving role in spotting and stopping it. 

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