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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 StaffNovember 22, 2011

School bus driver covers 26.2 miles — on foot

Molly Kirk, a driver for Florida’s Brevard Public Schools, ran the prestigious New York City Marathon in less than five hours. She shares details on the challenging race, which drew more than 47,000 starters this year.

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Newsby StaffNovember 22, 2011

Report identifies nation’s most congested corridors

The Texas Transportation Institute study describes congestion problems in 328 corridors over a variety of times. Not only were these roads found to have more stop-and-go traffic than others, but they were also much less predictable.

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Newsby StaffNovember 21, 2011

I-Skin bus seat foam in final stages of development

The integrally bonded polyurethane foam — now six years in the making by Heavy Duty Bus Parts — will be brought to market by the C.E. White Co. Company officials say that a unique manufacturing process produces a seat foam with a soft and energy-absorbent cushion and a dense, highly durable outer skin.

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Newsby StaffNovember 21, 2011

Company helps Calif. district ‘green’ fleet with biodiesel

Buster Biofuels partners with Legoland California, the San Diego Padres and other entities to collect their grease and oil, recycling it into biodiesel to power San Dieguito Union High School District buses. The district is currently powering two buses with a B20 biodiesel blend and plans to eventually run its entire fleet on the fuel.

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Newsby StaffNovember 21, 2011

Students suspended for allegedly taking Jell-O shots

Officials at Cleveland Independent School District in Texas say that the middle school students appeared to be under the influence when they arrived to school, and when administrators questioned them, they admitted to taking the shots on their bus.

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Newsby StaffNovember 21, 2011

Bus drivers in N.J. city to work on Thanksgiving

Some school bus drivers in Lakewood will be working on Thursday, transporting students to private Orthodox Jewish schools that will be open. Last year, most private school families carpooled on the holiday, but after a resident raised the issue at a board meeting earlier this year, public school officials looked into the matter, and private bus companies serving the schools were told they have to work.

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Newsby StaffNovember 17, 2011

Boy suffers scrapes in fall from bus

The boy opens the handle for the emergency door on his school bus as the bus veers left on a curve. He is thrown from the vehicle and sustains scrapes to his face and head.

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Newsby StaffNovember 17, 2011

Thomas Built honors suppliers at annual event

The school bus manufacturer holds its sixth annual supplier day event in Greensboro, N.C. Julian Electric Inc. receives the 2011 Supplier of the Year award, and numerous gold and silver awards are given out to other companies.

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Newsby StaffNovember 17, 2011

NSTA works to uphold school bus contractor protections

As Senate committees take up a surface transportation reauthorization bill, the National School Transportation Association puts out a call to ask that senators support provisions that protect private school bus companies from transit encroachment.

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Newsby StaffNovember 16, 2011

Calif. DOE to offer transportation administration program

The course, scheduled for Jan. 9-13, is designed to provide guidance to first-time transportation administrators. Topics to be covered include certification of drivers, California Highway Patrol regulations and history, special-education and homeless student transportation, and school bus stops.

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