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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 StaffFebruary 17, 2015

Video shows school bus driver walking off job

Surveillance footage shows a bus driver for Columbia-Brazoria Independent School District in Texas yelling at students, pulling the bus over, deboarding and waiting for a backup driver to arrive. She resigned the day after the incident.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 17, 2015

NTSB: Transportation fatalities dropped 3% in 2013

Fatalities in all modes of transportation totaled 34,678 in 2013, down from 35,796 in 2012, according to preliminary figures from the National Transportation Safety Board.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 14, 2015

School bus crossing light allowed in 4 more states

The Gardian Angel safety lighting system is now allowed for use on school buses in Wisconsin, Missouri, Texas and Alaska.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 13, 2015

SafeStop brings bus, student tracking app to California

SafeStop debuted its school bus and student tracking app, SafeStop, with parents of students at Campbell Hall, a school located in North Hollywood. The app is also available in New York, Florida and South Carolina.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 12, 2015

School bus drivers asked to repay unemployment benefits

Indiana school bus drivers had been filing for unemployment benefits in the summer for years, but in 2011, a law change made them ineligible for the benefits. However, they still received payments from the state and are now being asked to pay that money back.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 12, 2015

4 students burned on school bus

The radiator on the North Carolina bus overheated and spilled hot liquid into the rear compartment where the children were seated. While three were transported to a burn unit for treatment, none of the injuries are considered life-threatening.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 12, 2015

5 California districts get $325K for cleaner school buses

The funds will be used to replace 13 older diesel buses with new models. The five California districts are among 76 recipients nationwide to be awarded rebates from the EPA.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2015

Thomas Built to hold 2 tech training events in 2015

The Thomas Built Institute’s Service Training East will take place in North Carolina in May, and the Service Training West will be held in Nevada in July.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2015

Trans/Air launches 3 new products

The supplier unveils a new climate control system and stainless steel skirt mount condenser as well as a new rooftop unit product line.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 10, 2015

Newly found footage of historic school bus accident to air

Home movie footage of a school bus being pulled out of a Kentucky river following what has been called the worst school bus accident in U.S. history will be shown as part of a film that is a follow-up to the 2009 documentary The Very Worst Thing.

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