Articles

Management•by Rebecca Christiansen, Editorial Assistant•February 1, 2003

Spring Branch ISD Takes Two-Sided Approach to Success

Spring Branch Independent School District in Houston believes it can provide better transportation service to its students by splitting the program. O...

Safety•by Staff•February 1, 2003

North Carolina deploys 13 buses with lap/shoulder belt systems

RALEIGH, N.C. — A program that could shed some light on the practicality and effectiveness of lap/shoulder belt systems in large school buses is u...

Special Needs Transportation•by Ray Turner•February 1, 2003

Building Driver-Assistant Partnerships on the Special-Needs Bus

In school transportation, namely with special-needs students, stress management is dealing calmly and effectively with common situations such as tight...

Maintenance•by Frank Di Giacomo, Publisher•February 1, 2003

Extreme case highlights value of maintenance

In pupil transportation we often take for granted the excellent work done by the vast majority of maintenance staffs. Mechanics can never get enough c...

Management•by Steve Hirano, Editor•February 1, 2003

Interest Grows in Tracking of Students on Buses

Although tracking of vehicles using GPS (global positioning systems) is becoming increasingly common in commercial transportation, it’s still rarely u...

Management•by Staff•February 1, 2003

Q&A: Blue Bird Seeks to Improve Cost Position, Supplier Security

With school districts and contractors constrained by tight budgets from purchasing large numbers of new buses, these are hard times for the school bus...

Special Needs Transportation•by Steve Hirano•February 1, 2003

High Costs, Yes; But Valuable Returns, Too

Shortly after I joined the staff of School Bus Fleet more than eight years ago, I visited a school bus contractor here in Southern California.

Safety•by Staff•February 1, 2003

Safe Technology, the Evolution of a Modern School Bus

School bus seats, frames, interiors, crash test dummies and roll over cages are all connected to computerized sensors, recording thousands of bytes of...

Safety•by George Horne•February 1, 2003

New Deadlines Loom for Head Start Agencies

In January 2000, 45 CFR 1310 was issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. That final rule set the immediate and future standards fo...

Safety•by Bruce Little•February 1, 2003

How to Drive Safely in Mountainous Terrain

Mountain driving. The term conjures images of a cruise through beautiful mountains and rich forests so rugged that only mountain men had set foot in t...

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