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Managementby StaffJuly 1, 2007

Product Highlights

Replacement brake lines for buses offered Classic Tube has added 1996 International 3800 Series replacement brake lines for buses to its p...

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Managementby StaffJuly 1, 2007

Spotlight on Technology

Wireless access to surveillance footage Seon Design Inc. This past spring, Seon debuted its Smart-Reach wireless bridge for the ...

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Managementby Kelly Roher, Assistant EditorJuly 1, 2007

GPS Takes School Transportation by Storm

Initially designed to aid the U.S. Department of Defense, global positioning system (GPS) technology has been more widely used in the past few years. ...

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Safetyby Harold TurnquistJuly 1, 2007

How to Reduce the Chances of a Brake Failure Tragedy

A very unusual accident occurred in St. Paul, Minn., last fall that could easily have been the worst school bus accident in state history. Thankfully,...

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Managementby Ken LaueJuly 1, 2007

Enforcing Assigned Routes and Stops

It is important for school districts or contractors who provide school busing to ensure that students use the assigned bus stop and bus run. When this...

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Managementby StaffJuly 1, 2007

The Road Gets Tougher for Contractors

Providing contracted transportation services for school districts has never been easy, but it seems to be getting tougher every day. At least, that’s ...

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Managementby Claire Atkinson, Assistant EditorJuly 1, 2007

Enhancing Driver Health & Wellness

Transportation directors point to high stress levels and weight control when asked about the top health concerns involved with being a bus driver. Man...

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dealing with complaint calls

6 Ways to Lower the Volume of Complaint Calls

Dealing with angry parents or community members can be taxing. Here are six ways to increase your success rate fielding emotionally charged phone calls.

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Is it nature or nurture?

In his February editorial, SBF Editor Steve Hirano posed the following questions to readers: Are great special-needs bus drivers born, or can they ...

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Managementby Craig ZablockiJuly 1, 2007

NAPT speaker gives humor guidance

Speaker and author Craig Zablocki will bring his high-spirited, unscripted comedy to the NAPT Conference and Trade Show in Grand Rapids, Mich., in Oct...

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