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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.
Shutterbugs who haven’t yet entered this year’s competition have some extra time to get their shots in. The deadline is now June 8.
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Under a proposal before an Indiana district’s school board, a driver would have to have a reasonable suspicion that a student has an item or substance that puts others on the bus in danger. The driver would then have to get permission from the district’s transportation department before searching a student or his or her belongings.
Read More →American Cooling Technology is acquired by KODA Enterprises Group, which owns ProAir LLC. The former owners of American Cooling and all of the employees will join the KODA team.
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Karen Lowrie, associate director of Rutgers University’s Center for Transportation Safety, Security and Risk, discusses the program with SBF. It is designed to teach bus drivers how to effectively communicate with schoolchildren while a crisis is occurring.
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Stephen Dawson develops the alarm to control the noise level in his classroom, and he then realizes it could help solve safety problems in a school bus environment. He discusses with SBF how the device works.
Read More →The students are injured when the dog follows a group of children on board, with one student sustaining a bite. A police officer is forced to shoot the dog, which continues to act aggressively after it is off the bus.
Read More →Nineteen employees who work for the school bus contractor are celebrating 40 years on the job this year. First Student President Linda Burtwistle says their commitment to the students and communities they serve is commendable.
Read More →Public school trustees vote down the proposal by Calgary Board of Education administrators. The move would have cost parents of an elementary or junior high student $33.50 per month, up from $20 per month to ride the same bus this year.
Read More →In a letter to state legislators, the New York Association for Pupil Transportation calls for the defeat of bills that would allow advertisements to be placed on yellow school buses. Executive Director Peter Mannella says that compromising the iconic color of school buses with ads “presents safety risks to our children.”
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The Ford Motor Co. Fund and the Georgia Institute of Technology partner for the “Green Eco School Bus,” a project focused on converting an existing school bus into a hydraulic hybrid that runs on recycled biofuel. Atlanta Public Schools donated the 16-passenger unit, and officials say installation is nearly complete.
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