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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 StaffJanuary 17, 2013

Zonar to launch fleet management conference

The provider of fleet telematics, remote diagnostics and mobile onboard computing will launch THE ZONE 2013 from May 14 to 16 in San Antonio. Officials say that the fleet management conference will offer renowned industry speakers covering strategic transportation topics.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 15, 2013

Cold weather puts districts’ buses out of service

Salt Lake City School District and Jordan (Utah) School District are among the school systems impacted by the low temperature on Monday. At Jordan School District, 30 buses wouldn’t start — officials say the batteries wouldn’t hold a charge and diesel fuel was gelling.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 15, 2013

American Utility Metals rebrands as Crompion Intl.

Officials say that the name change comes as the stainless steel producer works to expand its global presence and its focus on creating solutions through new services and additional metallurgists on staff. The company supplies Cromgard, a high-performance, low-nickel stainless steel, for bus manufacturing and other industries.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 11, 2013

ACT offers new a/c skirt condensers

Bus air-conditioning supplier American Cooling Technology's new condensers provide a universal mounting pattern that provides flexibility to select the best bolt pattern for the specific vehicle. In other news, the company names Jason Verdier to a new position of parts sales and distribution manager.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 10, 2013

Batteries stolen from 16 buses at Fla. district terminal

Drivers arrive at work on Monday and discover that the batteries have been stolen. The Broward Sheriff’s Office says that the thief or thieves probably wanted to sell the batteries for scrap, so investigators check scrap yards in the area.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 10, 2013

Cop rear-ends school bus at railroad crossing

The Superior, Wis., officer will be cited for inattentive driving in the incident, according to the police chief. No children were on the bus at the time.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 10, 2013

Documents show bus girl jumped from had wrong number of aides

Onyx Williams suffered serious head trauma after she jumped from the back of her moving special-needs bus, and she later died. A copy of the contract between her school district and the bus company that was providing its special-needs transportation indicated that two aides were to be assigned to Williams’ route, but only one was on board at the time of the incident.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 9, 2013

FirstGroup America names human resources exec

Tim Young joins the company as senior vice president of human resources and labor relations, where he will oversee the human resources, labor relations and benefits function of First Student and First Transit. Young will also supervise the payroll division for all of FirstGroup America.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 9, 2013

Mo. district sees cost savings from propane buses

The eight Blue Bird Propane-Powered Vision school buses have been in operation at Fort Zumwalt School District since last June. The district’s chief financial officer says the district is saving “around 18.9 cents per mile due to lower fuel costs,” and officials anticipate that the buses will save the district “approximately $18,000 this school year.”

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Newsby StaffJanuary 9, 2013

Collins Bus Corp. names new marketing manager

Laneah Petitjean is responsible for leading marketing efforts throughout the U.S. and Canada for the Type A school bus manufacturer. Most recently, she served as an account manager for Cargill Meat Solutions.

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