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Several of the changes brought about by bills signed into law in Virginia focus on pupil transportation. They include restricting sex offenders' access to school buses and allowing video cameras on buses to record illegal passing.
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Chicago Public Schools’ Bureau of Student Transportation Services is developing a request for proposal to upgrade the system. Officials tell SBF that the system’s components will be integrated in four phases, with the end product incorporating all of the bureau’s business and routing functions, as well as GPS capabilities.
Read More →Barbara Hash, whose family has been in the business for 50 years, calls the decision to sell “very emotional.” But the long-running school transportation operation now becomes part of another family business, Krapf School Bus Inc.
Read More →The transportation department for a school district in Nova Scotia receives a Gold Achievement Award from the province. The department was evaluated on such factors as training, accident reporting and frequency, maintenance programs, stops per mile and passenger loads.
Read More →The school bus manufacturer is awarded a 2011 North Carolina Mobile Clean Air Renewable Energy award in the category of Technology/Fuel Provider. The company operates the nation's first zero-waste-to-landfill school bus manufacturing facility and produces both compressed natural gas and hybrid-electric school buses.
Read More →The buses, produced by Zhengzhou Yutong Group Co. Ltd., are similar in appearance to the Type C school buses that are built in the U.S. They reportedly feature an enclosed ring structure around the body for impact resistance, and each seat is equipped with a seat belt.
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The training was developed by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, with input from NAPT. The materials are available for free download.
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A repurposed school bus will serve as a mobile museum, visiting schools, community centers and parks with art and educational exhibits on board. The museum's director tells SBF that children in the borough are "dramatically under-served" in exposure to the arts.
Read More →Houston Independent School District is named by Government Fleet Magazine as having one of the top 100 fleets for 2011. The awards program recognizes leading fleets from around the country. Austin (Texas) Independent School District is an honorable mention.
Read More →Allison Culp of Nappanee, Ind., and Sarah McDonald of Jasonville, Ind., each receive $500 from the Indiana State School Bus Drivers Association. The association annually awards two scholarships to graduating high school seniors.
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