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Thomas McMahon

Executive Editor

Thomas had covered the pupil transportation industry with School Bus Fleet since 2002. When he's not writing articles about yellow buses, he enjoys running long distances and making a joyful noise with his guitar.

District’s school bus seat belt project is a proactive step

Westfield (Ind.) Washington Schools will test out lap-shoulder belts on six of its buses. Several aspects of the program are interesting, such as that it's not in reaction to a crash or a mandate from lawmakers.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMarch 9, 2015

Pupil transportation veteran Jerry Rineer shifts to university job

Rineer, a longtime school bus supervisor before he retired in December, is now working with students who have mobility issues at Villanova University.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMarch 6, 2015

School bus safety veteran Wilma Crabtree to retire

Crabtree’s efforts have included spearheading the national survey of school bus loading and unloading fatalities since the early 1980s.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMarch 5, 2015

District to launch school bus seat belt study

Westfield (Ind.) Washington Schools will work with IMMI on a pilot program to retrofit six of the district’s buses with lap-shoulder belts.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMarch 4, 2015

Hoglund Bus owner Holly Hoglund Klein dies in crash

Hoglund Klein, who led her family’s Minnesota-based school bus dealership, is remembered for her passion for pupil transportation and her efforts to help others succeed.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMarch 2, 2015

Trucker gets jail time for passing school bus on right

Minnesota police said that the semi-truck driver nearly hit a student as he swerved around a stopped school bus in the May 2014 incident.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMarch 2, 2015

New Jersey lawmakers OK service animals on school buses

The bill, which adds school buses to the list of school locations in which students’ service animals are allowed, awaits the governor’s signature.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonFebruary 26, 2015

Minnesota district launches late-bus alert app

St. Paul Public Schools’ free MySPPS Bus application provides alerts on school buses that are running more than 10 minutes late.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonFebruary 25, 2015

Update: Suspect identified in school bus fires

Police say it appears that a juvenile suspect was acting alone when two school buses were burned in Newport, North Carolina, on Sunday night.

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Articlesby Thomas McMahonFebruary 25, 2015

IC Bus Exec Trish Reed Talks Propane, School Bus Sales

Reed discusses the benefits of IC Bus’ new propane school bus, which the manufacturer sees tying in to projected growth in alternative fuels.

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