Gwinnett County Public Schools remains No. 1 among School Bus Fleet survey respondents with 1,630 route buses transporting 135,000 students for annual mileage of 23,000,000.
Moving in a new direction always comes with some growing pains. For school bus fleets, those pains can move beyond headaches and anxiety, costing real dollars as well as precious time along the way. To create the right charging infrastructure for your electrified school bus fleet, you need questions answered, plans put in place, and the right partner helping drive the project forward.
Student death and injury attributed to illegal school bus passing has been a constant risk for children, and a persistent fear for parents and school administrators for decades. Over 17 million stop-arm violations happen each year in the US. That is almost 95,000 instances a day where a student might be struck by a vehicle.
The battery is the lifeline of an electric vehicle. Understanding battery state of health and managing driving and charging behavior will go a long way to maintaining uptime on your electric fleet vehicles.
New developments for the tried-and-true internal combustion engine are coming to cut the industry’s carbon footprint.
The best way to avoid an accident is to use proactive measures to prevent one in the first place. Try out this checklist to keep children and drivers as safe as possible.
When choosing the right tire for your school bus fleet, it’s important to take road conditions, climate, and cost into account. Here are the tire offerings from two major tire makers.
School bus manufacturers keep their focus on making every child’s ride as safe as possible with a variety of safety features.
No matter how serious an accident is, bus drivers and school officials should be ready for the worst with proactive emergency reaction plans in place to respond quickly and keep students safe. Here’s what to do.
Vincent J. "Jim" Troiola's lifetime of service now turns toward a commitment to save veterans from suicide through the American Legion's "Be the One" initiative.
The CEO of a company that offers EV charging solutions shares a staged approach to take when seeking approval for electric school buses from school boards.
The main issue seems to be the language of the Sunshine Protection Act. Many legislators seem to prefer no more clock changing, but they can’t agree on whether to stick with standard or daylight saving as the new default.
While some school districts are forced to adjust bell times to account for driver shortages, they’re also seeing benefits in another area: student learning.
Going beyond just route management, student tracking apps achieve common goals for both parents and school districts: providing peace of mind, increasing safety and efficiency, and reducing liability.
An Aug. 19 deadline awaits districts that want to take advantage of federal funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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