Articles

Maintenance•by Thomas McMahon•September 1, 2003

Picking a Washing System: Wash What You're Doing!

Chances are good that if you’ve washed more than one school bus by hand, you’ve thought about a washing system. Not that hand washing a bus is necessa...

Special Needs Transportation•by Dr. Ray Turner•September 1, 2003

11 Special-Needs Driver Team Mistakes and Their Remedies

The school bus driver is the leader of the special-needs driver team and, as such, has many responsibilities to fulfill for a successful and safe rout...

Safety•by Frank Di Giacomo, Publisher•September 1, 2003

New type of school bus has great potential

Now that the nation’s fleet of 450,000 school buses is again embracing the challenge of transporting 24 million children to and from school each day, ...

Management•by Staff•August 1, 2003

Breaking news from around the pupil transportation industry

Driver who allowed student behind wheel gets probation HAWKINS COUNTY, Tenn. — The case against a school bus driver who allegedly allowed a ...

Management•by Denise K. Schnitzer and John W. Hazelette•August 1, 2003

Accountability Isn't Just for Schools

“The wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round, ‘round and ‘round...all through the town.” This familiar chant can be heard on any given day in primary c...

Safety•by Kristen Force, Editorial Assistant•August 1, 2003

The Old and New in School Bus Mirror Systems

School bus mirrors are a critical safety system, and failure to use or adjust them properly can have tragic consequences. Of course, proper mirror usa...

Management•by Mike Martin•August 1, 2003

A friendship too soon ended

It’s been said that while it’s hard to write an obituary for a stranger, it’s harder still to write one for a friend. Truer words have never been spok...

Management•by Joey Campbell, Senior Editor•August 1, 2003

Ask the Experts: Order or Chaos?

School transportation is a conservative business. Getting kids safely between home and school by way of yellow school buses has been a static and succ...

Management•by Staff•August 1, 2003

Essary's contributions remembered

PORTLAND, Ore. — Dennis Essary, a former president of the National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT), will be remembered by the pupil tr...

Special Needs Transportation•by Joey Campbell, Senior Editor•August 1, 2003

Take nothing in life for granted

We have all heard a million catch phrases accentuating the day-to-day activities that make us similar as human beings. “She ties her shoelaces the sam...

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