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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.  

News•by Staff•March 29, 2010

Transfinder offers updated routing software

Version 9.0 of Routefinder Pro contains features for pupil transportation personnel to optimize routes and analyze their operations to better understand current metrics. Mapping technology displays each student’s home relative to his or her morning and afternoon stops.

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News•by Staff•March 29, 2010

Free computer with Seon DVR purchase

The mobile video surveillance supplier is offering a free Dell notebook to customers who purchase 10 or more Trooper TL Series Digital Video Recorders. The offer runs until Sept. 1.

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News•by Staff•March 29, 2010

IC Bus University session deemed a success

Sixty technicians attended the school bus manufacturer’s maintenance training program in mid-March. They received instruction on such topics as engines, vehicle lifts and transmissions. Another session has been scheduled for the week of May 3.

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News•by Staff•March 29, 2010

IMMI wins engineering award for Premier seat

The company will receive the 2009 SAE International Henry Ford II Distinguished Award for Excellence in Automotive Engineering. The award recognizes IMMI's work in increasing safety on motorcoaches and school buses with the development of the Premier seat, which incorporates SafeGuard SmartFrame technology to protect both belted and unbelted occupants.

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News•by Staff•March 26, 2010

Contractors give varying outlooks on healthcare bill

Some executives at school bus companies see increased costs that they will have to pass on to the school districts they serve. Others are hoping that the price of buying healthcare will go down.

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News•by Staff•March 25, 2010

New safety training offered for bus drivers

Auto Safety House and DrivingMBA are partnering to offer a program for school bus and other fleets that focuses on defensive driving using simulators and adult learning techniques.

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News•by Staff•March 25, 2010

Finalists named in America’s Greenest School contest

Schools in New York, California, Kentucky, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and Ohio made the list. The public has until April 2 to vote for the school that they believe is most deserving of the title.

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News•by Staff•March 25, 2010

IC Bus to provide chassis for Thor Industries units

Under a supply agreement, several brands of vehicles manufactured by Thor will be built on IC’s new TC Series chassis, which will be powered by MaxxForce engines featuring advanced exhaust gas recirculation emissions technology.

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News•by Staff•March 25, 2010

Deer flies through school bus windshield

The animal is struck by the bus and ends up on board. Two students are taken to the hospital with minor injuries in the bizarre accident.

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News•by Staff•March 25, 2010

Funding will help New Mexico maintain bus routes

The state will receive $561,000 from the Indian School Bus Route program to improve roads that serve as school bus routes in this part of the Navajo Nation. The program expired last year, but a U.S. senator drafted legislation that would renew it and provide $12 million for counties in Navajo Nation over the next six years.

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