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The annual Thomas Built Institute will be held May 10-13. Participating technicians will receive 28 credit hours in bus maintenance education.
Read More →Stopping in 23 cities and towns, the TouchDown Training Camp will be presented to school bus professionals interested in improved video management aimed at creating safer operations while lowering costs.
Read More →The separate incidents, wherein deflated tires and shattered windows were among the damage, occurred within days of each other in Wisconsin and Florida last month. The sheriff’s office in the Wisconsin case anticipates requesting criminal charges against all four suspects, while the three suspects in the Florida case each face at least 20 felony charges.
Read More →The transportation staff at a Washington school district finds the kitten under a dumpster and raises her in the facility’s office. Driver Katie Youngren chronicles the experience in the children's book Itty Bitty School Bus Kitty; she tells SBF she hopes to write a series of books about the kitten.
Read More →The Florida Association for Pupil Transportation will host its 63rd Summer Symposium in Ocala, Fla., on June 28 and 29. The event will include workshops and a supplier trade show.
Read More →The manufacturer says that customers are seeing fuel economy savings with its school buses equipped with SCR to meet the EPA standards. An Indiana transportation director gives details on his district’s experience with the technology.
Read More →The House votes 27 to 44 against the legislation, which would have allowed school districts to sell advertising space on the exterior of school buses. Representatives feel that the advertisements could have caused safety and legal problems for school systems.
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Since Mike Strickland joined the Type A bus manufacturer, its recordable injury rate and DART rate have dropped by 47 percent and 73 percent, respectively. KellerOnline and OH&S Magazine name Strickland the 2010 Safety Professional of the Year.
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Public Transportation Safety International Corp. has developed the Minimize Danger Zone Shield, which is a one-piece BASF polyurethane guard that company officials say acts as a safeguard in front of the dual rear wheels of a school bus. The shield mounts to the side panel of the bus.
Read More →The driver catches a man breaking into his bus on Tuesday and calls the local sheriff’s office. Deputies who respond to the call discover that the man fits the description of the suspect from another burglary earlier in the day.
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