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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 StaffDecember 2, 2010

School bus driver claims winning lottery ticket

A South Carolina school bus driver won a Millionaire Raffle ticket worth $100,000 on Nov. 22. She says she will use the money to support local charities and pay her children's college expenses.

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Newsby StaffDecember 2, 2010

A-Z Bus Sales provides funding assistance for bus purchases

The company has information for California school districts on federal and state credits to qualifying districts that buy alternative-fueled buses, and opportunities for operations with special-education transportation needs. A-Z Bus Sales can also assist operations in completing the necessary grant paperwork and application.

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Newsby StaffDecember 2, 2010

Senate committee passes DERA

The five-year reauthorization of the program, which provides funds to reduce emissions from school buses and other diesel vehicles, is approved by the Environment and Public Works Committee. The passage is called a key step in continuing "a vital clean air program that has benefited communities in every single state in the nation."

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Newsby StaffDecember 1, 2010

Student Transportation to acquire three school bus companies

The acquisitions are scheduled to close in the next 30 to 45 days and will add more than 550 vehicles to the company’s fleet, with annualized revenues of more than $28 million. Company Chairman and CEO Denis J. Gallagher says the acquisitions will open two new areas of growth for the company, and one will tuck in to an existing operating location.

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Newsby StaffDecember 1, 2010

Trans Tech sponsors bus giveaway

The president of a New York contractor company wins a free one-year lease of a Trans Tech Bus ST5 Type A school bus during the New York School Bus Contractors Association’s annual meeting.

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Newsby StaffNovember 30, 2010

New job opening at ASBC

The American School Bus Council seeks a coordinator to support its marketing and operational activities.

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Newsby StaffNovember 30, 2010

Students, driver injured in tornado-related bus accident

Winds resulting from a tornado that hit an Illinois community on Monday flips a district's school bus; the driver and five students suffer various injuries. A district spokesperson says letters containing details of the incident were delivered to parents at the hospitals where their children were taken.

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Newsby StaffNovember 30, 2010

Towns observe anniversaries of school bus tragedies

In Washington state in 1945, 15 children and their driver died when their bus plunged into a frigid lake. In British Columbia in 1960, a bus was struck by a freight train, killing 17 people on board.

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Newsby StaffNovember 29, 2010

Allison Transmission to co-sponsor renewable technology event

Emerging Technology Day will be held in May 2011 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) as part of the IMS’s 100th Anniversary Indy 500 celebration. It will feature competitions for university students to build plug-in hybrid vehicles and solar-powered cars, and participate in an electric-powered kart race.

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Newsby StaffNovember 29, 2010

Change to bus inspection program draws mixed response

The Michigan State Police will soon perform intermittent inspections of some school districts' buses, rather than annual inspections of all districts’ buses. Some feel this will enable inspectors to focus on districts that have a history of violations, while others believe this will reduce children's safety as they travel to and from school.

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