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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 StaffAugust 5, 2010

Delco Remy endows $5K for America's Best scholarships

The heavy-duty electrical system supplier contributes to the program, which provides financial assistance to qualifying techs and inspectors to attend the competition. This year's competition will be held in Jasper, Ind., Sept 28 through Oct. 1.

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Newsby StaffAugust 4, 2010

Sharon Carnahan, wife of Zonar's Don Carnahan, passes away

Sharon provided invaluable assistance to Don in his years in the pupil transportation industry, from editing documents to preparing proposals.

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Newsby StaffAugust 3, 2010

District reverses request for athletics transportation donations

In order to avoid canceling high school sports games, Los Angeles Unified School District will have to come up with $650,000 to make up for what was cut from the district's athletic transportation fund.

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Newsby StaffAugust 3, 2010

District to offer transportation services to K-8 students

Under a five-year agreement with Pennsylvania Coach Lines, approximately 427 Duquesne City School District students will be transported to the Duquesne Education Center, private and charter schools, and out-of-district programs. This is the first time in the district’s history that students who live more than a half-mile away from the education center will receive transportation.

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Newsby StaffAugust 2, 2010

Bus driver celebrates 50 years with district

Not long after high school, Donald Arndt was approached by school board members for the School District of Marion in Wisconsin who asked him if he would be interested in maintaining the district's buses. While was doing vehicle maintenance, a school bus driver position became available.

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Newsby StaffAugust 2, 2010

School bus driver reflects on I-35 bridge collapse 3 years later

Driver Kim Dahl, whose back was broken during the bridge collapse, kept the school bus in place while all the passengers, including two of her children, evacuated safely out of the rear emergency door.

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Newsby StaffAugust 2, 2010

District cuts more than half of its bus stops

The move was made to offset Fort Osage School District’s budget shortfall. Funding from the state for the district’s transportation will be 33-percent less compared to previous years and the district expects to run a deficit of more than $1 million.

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Newsby StaffAugust 2, 2010

After driver DUI arrest, district to outsource busing

Illinois school district’s superintendent gives rationale for privatizing transportation service in an eight-page memo to the school board, which votes its approval. The move comes after a March incident in which police said a school bus driver was nearly three times the legal alcohol limit.

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Newsby StaffJuly 30, 2010

Special-needs event to offer NAPT endorsement courses

Attendees of the 2011 National Conference on Transporting Students With Disabilities and Preschoolers will be able to accumulate credits that count toward NAPT's new special-needs endorsement and its 32-hour course requirement for the NAPT Certificate of Special-Needs Transportation Training.

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Newsby StaffJuly 30, 2010

Free training seminar focuses on wheelchair securement

Event will educate on the use of Q’Straint’s securement systems. It will also include information on standards and regulations, a facility tour and a crash test viewing.

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