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Our team of enterprising editors bring years of experience covering the fleet industry. We offer a deep understanding of trends and the ever-evolving landscapes we cover in fleet, trucking, and transportation.  

News•by Staff•October 28, 2015

Boy fatally struck by school bus after trying to retrieve backpack

A 5-year-old student in Alabama dropped his backpack in front of the bus. The bus driver started to pull away when she didn’t see him come out of his house.

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News•by Staff•October 28, 2015

Durham launches school bus tracking app

With the school bus contractor’s new app, Durham Bus Tracker, parents can view the location of their child’s bus in relation to their bus stop.

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News•by Staff•October 27, 2015

School bus driver, students connect with ‘the grandma in the window’

A woman who waves to students on a bus from her window every school day was no longer there recently, after suffering a stroke. The driver brought her flowers and the students made her a sign of them waving from inside the bus to show her how much she means to them.

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News•by Staff•October 26, 2015

New York association awards industry excellence at convention

The New York School Bus Contractors Association presented its 2015 industry safety and service awards at its 61st annual convention, held Oct. 16 – 18, in New York City.

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News•by Staff•October 23, 2015

Boy hit by truck while trying to board school bus

In Mississippi, a 12-year-old boy who was struck by a truck as he was crossing the road to board a school bus was airlifted to the hospital. He is responsive and has a broken leg, sources say.

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News•by Staff•October 22, 2015

Indiana district piloting school bus tracking app

The Tippecanoe School Corp. is offering Synovia’s Here Comes the Bus website and app to parents of students at three of its schools and will soon offer it to the remaining schools.

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News•by Staff•October 22, 2015

Virginia city's school bus stop-arm camera program on hold

Falls Church, Virginia, suspended its stop-arm camera program as of Oct. 2. At issue is whether citations of those caught on video passing a school bus can be mailed or must be served in person.

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News•by Staff•October 22, 2015

Motorist passes school bus, strikes child

The New York driver, who passed a school bus with its lights flashing and ran into a 6-year-old girl, was issued a ticket for passing a school bus illegally. The girl was taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries and was released.

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News•by Staff•October 21, 2015

Replacement unit offered for old in-ground piston lifts

The new solution is a frame version of Stertil-Koni’s Diamond Lift model, which is engineered for concrete foundations.

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News•by Staff•October 21, 2015

New York association launches campaign to document stop-arm running

The New York Association for Pupil Transportation’s “Safe Stop Survey” will have school bus drivers in a sample group of districts count the number of times their buses are passed on a designated day and will release the results each month.

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