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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 6, 2015

Thomas Built Buses honors top dealers, dealer trainers

W.C. Cressey & Son is named the school bus OEM’s 2014 Dealer of the Year. The Dealer Trainer of the Year award goes to Trace Tolby of Auto Safety House.

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Newsby StaffMay 5, 2015

EPA offers $13.5 million in clean diesel funding

A new round of grants in the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act program will be awarded for projects to reduce emissions from diesel vehicles.

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Newsby StaffMay 5, 2015

Investment to support Lion Bus’ electric bus commercialization

The funds, from private equity firm XPND Capital, will help the manufacturer finalize commercialization of its eLion school bus and invest in its manufacturing activities, company officials said.

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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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