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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 StaffApril 21, 2011

Tree, power lines fall on school bus

Fire rescue personnel evacuate the 20 children and the bus driver through the emergency exit into a truck. No one is injured.

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Newsby StaffApril 21, 2011

Ontario to provide increased funding for student transportation

The province’s Ministry of Education will allocate a projected total of $844.7 million to school boards for the 2011-12 school year. In a memorandum released this week, Cheri Hayward, director of the ministry’s school business support branch, provides a breakdown of how the money will be divided for such factors as increasing enrollment and higher operating costs.

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Newsby StaffApril 21, 2011

Fire department to use AmbuBus for disaster preparedness

The kit can convert a school bus into a vehicle that safely transports up to a dozen victims of mass casualty incidents to medical facilities. The Memphis (Tenn.) Fire Department acquires the AmbuBus kit with an eye on responding to earthquakes.

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Newsby StaffApril 20, 2011

Teens charged in incident involving stolen bus

The boys are charged with receiving stolen property after police connect two separate events. They find one boy in the parking lot of a service station and the two other boys standing near a school bus parked on a street. Police determine the bus had recently been stolen, and based on property in the teens’ possession, police link them to a burglary at the service station.

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Newsby StaffApril 20, 2011

Thomas Built to hold western tech training

The first western region edition of the school bus manufacturer's technician institute will cover such topics as maintenance and inspections, 2010 emissions systems and advanced electrical.

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Newsby StaffApril 19, 2011

Bus driver dead after crashing into city building

Kelly Smith, a driver for a Pennsylvania school district, is found on the ground outside the building after she crashed her bus into it. Officials investigating the accident say Smith was ejected from the bus and may have died prior to the crash.

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Newsby StaffApril 19, 2011

Man charged in theft of 26 bus batteries

Ronnie Roberts, 29, is believed to have broken into buses at a high school in South Carolina to steal the batteries. He is charged with 12 counts of breaking into a motor vehicle and 12 counts of petit larceny.

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Newsby StaffApril 19, 2011

District to eliminate more than 100 bus stops

Officials at North Attleboro (Mass.) Public Schools say they will cut the bus stops in September, which will save $47,000 annually. The stops being considered for elimination fall outside of the district's current transportation guidelines, which surpass Massachusetts' busing requirements.

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Newsby StaffApril 19, 2011

CASTO conference covers safety, efficiency

Sessions during the California Association of School Transportation Officials event address myriad topics, including how pupil transporters’ actions when transporting students with disabilities can affect their operations’ costs and the First Observer school bus security program. Nearly 40 industry suppliers exhibit at the conference’s vendor show.

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Newsby StaffApril 19, 2011

New driver training program targets bullying

The Bullying Prevention on the School Bus course depicts real-life bullying situations and explains the difference between bullying and simple conflict. It teaches school bus drivers how to enlist the help of everyone on the bus to make it safer.

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