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Joseph Marek, who works for the company’s Spokane, Wash., location, is among 19 Durham employees who hold master technician status.
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The Ontario-based operator transports 6,000 students to and from school daily and provides other services, such as non-emergency medical transportation. An official with the Canada’s Best Managed Companies program says that Voyageur “invests in their team to build up a strong and stable company.”
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Ohio Reps. Tom Letson (D-Warren) and Roland Winburn (D-Dayton) introduced H.B. No. 578 following news that students were injured in a school bus crash last week in Montgomery County. The bill would require all school buses built or refurbished after Jan. 1, 2016, to be fitted with seat belts and for school districts to adopt a policy that addresses the failure of a student to wear one.
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An increase in the number of teachers retiring from Muncie (Ind.) Community Schools can make up the rest of the shortfall for the third year of a new bus contract if enough of those positions are not replaced. The district will use its savings to pay for bus service over the next two years.
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Authorities said that a semi truck illegally passed a stopped school bus (which had its lights flashing and stop arm extended) on May 30, nearly hitting a young female student waiting on the side of the highway near Paynesville, Minn.
Read More →The study, conducted by the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, examined the cost-effectiveness of electric school buses that use vehicle-to-grid technology, discharging their batteries into the electrical grid when not in use and getting paid for the service. Over 14 years, an electric bus fleet using the technology could save an estimated $38 million, according to the research.
Read More →Captain (Ret.) Scott O’Grady will present a keynote speech, sponsored by HSM Transportation Solutions, on Veteran’s Day (Nov. 11). He will share his experience in Bosnia and discuss how preparation, teamwork and leadership are keys to professional survival.
Read More →According to police, Burnis Hurd boards the bus with his son, who points out a boy who had been bullying him, and Hurd grabs the boy by the hair, raises him out of his seat, pushes him on the side of the bus, threatens to kill him and uses threatening language with other students. Hurd was placed in jail on $50,000 bond.
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This informative video explains the production process of a Blue Bird school bus, including engineering, chassis assembly, body manufacturing, painting, attachment of the body and chassis, and quality control checks.
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The new WC18 standards will take effect December 2015. Q’Straint has developed the QRT-360, the first retractor to comply with the standards, according to the supplier.
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