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Wes Platt
Former Executive Editor
[Archives] 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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Former Executive Editor
[Archives] 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.
The future of the COVID-19 pandemic is uncertain, but safety technology innovations to help with staggered schedules — such as bus and ridership tracking and apps, as well as tablets — are here to stay.
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The U.S. has seen a 960% increase in propane-powered school bus fleets since 2012. Companies are responding with upgraded engines and fueling infrastructure and renewable propane.
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Whether through advocacy or technology, in easy or tough times, success comes down to the incredibly dedicated people of this industry to bring us beyond hope and help all schoolchildren safely access an education every day.
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John Benish Jr., the National School Transportation Association's president, hopes the COVID-19 vaccine will provide a level of comfort for parents and school employees — including bus drivers — that would allow more schools to reopen for in-person learning.
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Although COVID-19 was unforeseen, we have seen bus sales drop even further — although more gradually — during the Great Recession and recovery, and they bounced back.
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The National School Transportation Association has petitioned for school bus drivers to be made a high priority for phased allocation of COVID-19 vaccines. The association's president stresses that without a healthy and plentiful workforce of drivers, more children may be forced into less safe ways to get to school.
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