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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.  

Newsby StaffMay 5, 2015

Transfinder unveils new routing software program

Routefinder Pro v12.0 offers features that enable simultaneous school routing, simplify routing for unassigned students and prevent mistakenly modifying records, company officials say.

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Newsby StaffMay 5, 2015

Trans Tech names Dealer of the Year

The manufacturer selects Leonard Bus Sales of Deposit, New York, for its 2014 Dealer of the Year Award. The dealer is also celebrating 50 years in the bus distribution business this year.

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Newsby StaffMay 4, 2015

Special-needs bus driver retires after over 16 years

Bill Cook, a bus driver for Rapid City (S.D.) Area Schools, requested routes for special-needs students when he started driving school buses. Staff praised him for making students and their parents comfortable.

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Newsby StaffMay 4, 2015

Driver accused of slapping autistic student resigns from city council

Jeanette Burrage resigned from the Des Moines (Wash.) City Council after being charged with fourth-degree assault. She allegedly slapped a 6-year-old student across the face after he raised his hand as if to strike her.

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Newsby StaffMay 4, 2015

New York rejects special-needs route bids, awaits employee protections

The bids did not include certain protections for experienced bus drivers, so the city delayed the bidding process until a state legislature vote on a law that would reinstate the protections, which were stripped in 2013.

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Newsby StaffMay 1, 2015

School bus crossing light allowed in Idaho

Idaho becomes the 14th state to allow the Gardian Angel safety lighting system for use on school buses.

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Newsby StaffMay 1, 2015

2 charged in school bus service scam

A transportation supervisor and a bus company owner are accused of stealing about $280,000 from the city of Yonkers, New York, for school bus services that were never provided.

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Newsby StaffMay 1, 2015

Bus driver accused of refusing to let students off at stop

The Arizona driver allegedly wouldn’t let students leave and drove back to the school. The district says he stopped the bus because the students were being too loud, and at one point a parent tried to pry open the bus door.

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Newsby StaffApril 30, 2015

Viral video renews call for stop-arm cameras

The image of an SUV nearly hitting children spurred New York school transportation professionals to again call for the cameras. The executive director for the New York Association for Pupil Transportation says he has faced resistance from lawmakers who are opposed to traffic cameras.

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Newsby StaffApril 30, 2015

First Student retains contracts, adds propane buses

The company will replace the fleet of Council Rock School District in Newtown, Pennsylvania, with 150 of the alternative-fuel buses and will continue to provide service to two Missouri school districts.

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