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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 StaffSeptember 9, 2010

District prohibits student cell phone use on buses

Policy seeks to prevent students from taking pictures of each other on the bus. In addition, phones were causing fights or were getting lost on the bus when students would pass them around to look at photos.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 9, 2010

Transportation secretary calls for kids to go green, yellow

U.S. DOT chief Ray LaHood issues a message urging parents and students to be safety conscious and consider greener alternatives for getting to and from school, such as riding the school bus, walking or biking.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 8, 2010

Thomas Built unveils new Website

The site includes more product photos and information, a more extensive section on the manufacturer’s green technology offerings and enhanced navigation capabilities.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 7, 2010

District cuts $9 million in transportation services

State budget reductions force Los Angeles Unified School District to make changes that will affect 53,000 students. Pickup sites are being reassigned.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 7, 2010

Washington district contracts with American Logistics Co.

The student transportation management company will serve Kent School District to provide service for 10 to 15 percent of the district’s hardest-to-serve McKinney-Vento students who have been displaced to remote areas inside and outside of district boundaries.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 3, 2010

Technician killed in bus maintenance accident

Almaz Kucukovic was working on a bus when it started to roll. He was trying to climb on board the bus when he fell under the wheels, dying immediately from head and internal injuries.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 3, 2010

N.Y. district selects IMMI belted seating

The new seating technology was specified as part of a recent transportation bid in which the district's incumbent contractor was the successful bidder. With this order, the district has equipped its entire fleet with SafeGuard Integrated Child Seats and 20 percent of its fleet with the SafeGuard FlexSeat.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 3, 2010

Mom says pre-K daughter can’t ride school bus

A school bus passes Faith Bostic’s house, but only stops for Head Start students. Kanawha County Schools’ transportation director says the county can't afford to offer all of its pre-kindergarten students school bus transportation, but says that the girl can ride the bus as long as there's room and she catches it at an established Head Start stop.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 3, 2010

School board restores after-school bus transportation

After families disputed the cuts, board members called a special meeting to discuss activity buses and a source to fund them. Officials plan to reinstate the bus service using a federal education jobs grant.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 3, 2010

Dogs ride school bus to day camp

Jeremy Sweet transports up to 25 dogs a day to Totally Dog in Florida. Sweet and his wife Elena opened the camp, which includes a five-acre playground and a bone-shaped swimming pool, 11 years ago.

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