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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 StaffSeptember 3, 2014

Trico issues new guide for school bus wiper blades

The supplier’s 2014/2015 Heavy Duty Application Guide provides details on all TRICO wiper blade products applicable to school and transit buses, Class A and C RVs, and heavy trucks. The 92-page compilation includes information on all wiper blade, refill, washer pump and wiper arm options.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 3, 2014

Woman who took girl from school bus will not get jail time

Marian Moussa, who admitted to taking a 3-year-old girl from a Grand Rapids school bus and driving the child around for three hours before turning her over to police, was found not guilty of kidnapping and was sentenced to a year on probation. A jury member said the prosecution “overcharged” Moussa and they could not find that she intended to kidnap the child.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 3, 2014

Dad upset about school bus overcrowding arrested

Carlos Davis allegedly blocks a Clayton County (Ga.) Public Schools bus driver from closing the door so she couldn’t finish her route, tying up traffic for 45 minutes, and is charged with disrupting public schools operation. He confronts the driver because some students have to sit on the floor.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 3, 2014

American Traffic Solutions releases school zone safety report

How to Help Eliminate Dangers of Traveling to and from School (and Keep Kids Safe) presents the dangers children face getting to and from school, and details some of the successes schools and cities are having with new solutions to change driver behavior and enhance student safety, company officials said.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 2, 2014

Hawaii may add back school buses to improve sport event scheduling

The Hawaii Department of Education is looking to help improve the scheduling of sporting events after the school bus contract for Oahu was cut, providing 33 fewer buses. School buses first have to get students home from school before they can pick up the teams and take them to their games, forcing high school football games to end close to midnight.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 2, 2014

Ohio bus driver accused of forcing kids to sit on hot bus

The driver resigned after a student said they were forced to sit in a hot bus in 90-plus degree weather with the windows up as punishment for misbehaving. The father of a student wanted to remain anonymous but said his daughter fell ill after her bus ride home.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 2, 2014

Bus driver begins 42nd year behind the wheel

What started out as a joke turned into a long, fruitful career for Dorothy Skala, a bus driver for Rosebud-Lott (Texas) Independent School District. Having grown up on a farm, Skala started driving at a young age, and last spring, she was presented with the Bus Driver of the Year award from the Texas Association for Pupil Transportation.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 2, 2014

IC Bus to offer propane school bus

The propane version of the CE Series school bus will pair a Power Solutions International 8.8-liter propane engine and an Allison 2500 transmission. Deliveries will begin in summer 2015, and buses will go into service for the start of the 2015-16 school year.

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Newsby StaffAugust 27, 2014

STA adds 18 propane buses to service Pennsylvania districts

The NexBus units, manufactured by Collins Bus Corp. and powered by a liquid propane injection system from CleanFUEL USA, are expected to run 15,000 miles annually. The buses are being delivered to Hempfield School District and East Penn School District.

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