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Wes Platt
Lauren Fletcher

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Join us in an open-ended conversation about children and school buses – and the people who bring them together from SBF's editorial team and guest authors.

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Aylin CookJune 22, 2021

Publishing an Annual Safety Report Is Essential. Here’s What to Include

The report should provide transparency, help customers make informed decisions, and demonstrate the high level of safety involved in student transportation. Share safety policies, investments, and metrics.

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Alison WileyJune 15, 2021

6 Principles for Combining Electric Buses and Equity

Knowing the reasons for a significant portion of electric bus funding being tied to serving disadvantaged communities, using air quality analysis for route planning, and taking responsibility for creating equity are key.

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Dee BrownJune 9, 2021

Public-Private Partnerships Are Key to Turning the Corner on Infrastructure

Increasingly, more states have had to get innovative to solve their infrastructure issues. Public-private partnerships are powerful and produce benefits for all involved. These are relationships combining resources and knowledge that can profoundly enhance underserved communities.

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Nicole SchlosserJune 8, 2021

Sharing Shortage Struggles, Successes as a Tough School Year Ends

The 2020-21 school year underwent constant shifts and challenges courtesy of COVID-19. Although surveys reflect worsening driver shortage, respondents also said CARES Act funds have helped them hang on.

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Nicole PhilbrickMay 13, 2021

Op-Ed: VOCE to Challenge Sexism in Student Transportation

The co-founder of a group seeking to empower women in the workplace notes that changing a culture of sexism in the industry will take asking the right questions, sharing experiences, and working together for change.

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School Bus Fleet Blogby John Benish Jr.April 22, 2021

Strategic Plan Will Pave the Way to Yellow Bus’s Future

As the industry gets more experience managing post-pandemic operations, it has seen what changes will become the new normal. To that end, the National School Transportation Association is forming a strategic plan that will guide it over the next few years and beyond.

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