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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 6, 2011

Bus drivers who use cell phones could lose licenses

Wisconsin school bus drivers who use cell phones while operating a bus with students on board could lose their licenses under a new measure proposed by state Rep. Samantha Kerkman. Drivers would be fined $200 for a first offense and $500 for a second.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 6, 2011

1 dead, dozens injured as school bus overturns

The bus, returning from a football game, is struck around midnight by a car that failed to yield at a stop sign, according to police. A 15-year-old student on the bus dies in the accident, and about 30 others are taken to hospitals.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 2, 2011

InterMotive hires national sales manager

Mark Barczak joins the company with nearly 20 years of OEM engineering and sales experience in the bus, ambulance and work truck markets. InterMotive designs and manufactures vehicle control systems for the school bus, work truck, fire, ambulance, police, transit and personal-use mobility markets.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 2, 2011

GreenRoad to offer web seminars on reducing fleet fuel use, idling

The series of seminars, which will be held later this month and in October and are geared toward executives, as well as operation and safety directors, will provide guidance on these topics by addressing driving performance.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 2, 2011

NTSB calls again for stability control systems

The safety board recommends that NHTSA develop standards for stability control systems — and require them — for commercial vehicles and buses over 10,000 pounds. The new recommendations supersede earlier ones.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 1, 2011

District sees route, driver benefits from cutting 30 bus stops

To offset its budget shortfall, Aurora (Neb.) Public Schools reduced its stops from 100 to 70, with drivers now making more group pickups as opposed to door-to-door stops. Transportation Director Gerad Olsen tells SBF that the department’s routes are more efficient and that the bus drivers are happier making fewer stops.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 1, 2011

Ga. district installs Gasboy fleet fueling, management systems

Cherokee County School District is installing the systems at the second of four fueling sites for the county's 392 school buses. The turnkey solution includes Gasboy Atlas dispensers, Islander PLUS fleet management systems and Gasboy Fleet Head Office management software.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 1, 2011

BESI Inc. certified as a women’s business enterprise

BESI Inc. receives national certification as a women's business enterprise from the Ohio River Valley Women's Business Council, signifying that the company is at least 51 percent owned, operated and controlled by a woman or women.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 1, 2011

Ohio district saves $110K with electronic inspection report

An executive summary from Zonar noted that the average time for Columbus City Schools bus drivers to complete an inspection was just under seven minutes, but the time budgeted was 15 minutes. Cutting the budgeted time to 10 minutes led to an annual savings of $110,000.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 1, 2011

Free transit bus passes offered to students for a month

Lane Transit District is providing the bus passes to students in grades 6 to 12 in September only following the loss of state funding for the Student Transit Pass Program. Beginning Oct. 1, students may pay cash to ride the buses, or buy a $24 monthly youth pass or a $65 three-month pass.

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