Building Strengths for Special-Needs Passengers
School transportation professionals benefit from training to make the most efficient use of equipment aboard their buses.
School transportation professionals benefit from training to make the most efficient use of equipment aboard their buses.
School buses are going to the dogs! No, not like that; for students with disabilities, service animals are critical support and are permitted both in schools and on the big yellow bus. Here’s how school districts can plan and prepare for a new furry passenger.
The 2023 survey, which will appear in the February print edition of School Bus Fleet, offers a glimpse of how special-needs transportation providers are faring and what challenges they face.
In this interview with School Bus Fleet, McGee-Hewitt shares what challenges the NAPT hopes to address in the coming year, as well as which pupil-transportation-related issues are on her radar, and what she believes pupil transportation will look like five years from now.
Kick the ick on school buses with solutions designed to clean, disinfect, and sanitize both germs and air to minimize illness and decrease the spread of viruses.
In 2022, highlights on the School Bus Fleet website included the “under-the-hood” CDL waiver, association collaboration, and safety concerns.
In 2022, highlights on the School Bus Fleet website included stories dealing with special-needs transportation, employee morale and retention, and CDL requirements in the midst of an ongoing school bus driver shortage.
As the industry shifts to make full use of greener fuels, all detection and suppression systems need to work and communicate together to determine risk.
In the next five years, pupil transportation will continue to evolve, expanding beyond the yellow school bus, say these industry members.
We’ve all heard that fleeting EVs will lower your “fuel” bill considerably compared to an ICE vehicle. But by how much, exactly? Here’s the formula.
Ideal for paratransit and on-demand transit fleets, the non-fossil fuel is produced from 100% raw materials, and when paired with an ultra-low NOx engine, brings emission levels to near-zero.
Navistar is back on the offensive. We talked to Göran Nyberg on where the company stands with electrification, autonomous technology, the integration with new parent Traton, and more.
What innovations have shaken up the school bus industry, saving drivers and administrators time and money? Here, SBF checks in on how to make the most of available drivers, investigates New York’s new third-party CDL testing rules, and looks at new tech that’s transforming buses.
New York and California topped the list of recipients for total funding, but a significant number of states in the southeastern U.S. - some that never had an electric school bus before - made it into the top 10.
Frigid temperatures affect the chemical and physical reactions that make batteries work, resulting in longer charging times.
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