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For years, Margaret “Phemie” Hunka waved and held up signs for students riding buses by her home in Alberta. Her daughter-in-law, school bus driver Debbie Hunka, shares a tribute to Phemie, who died last year.
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As our sales numbers show, diesel still dominates the school bus market, but there’s growing interest in the alternatives.
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Our new 2016 Canadian Fact Book offers school bus data, industry contacts, and coverage of the Canadian Pupil Transportation Conference that was held in “Friendly Manitoba,” as their license plates state. So did the conference hosts live up to that slogan?
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In most cases on the silver screen, the yellow bus is a bit player rather than the focus. But what if there were a program that gave a genuine look into the world of pupil transportation?
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At SBX, school transportation leaders from around the country bring their own experiences to the table and share them with colleagues. The event fosters collaboration in unique and memorable ways.
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A school bus driver from Canada recalls the positive impact that a service dog had on the behavior not just of the student he was helping, but on all the students aboard.
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As statistics show, school buses are the safest way for children to get to school. But for parents, knowing that their kids are on the right bus is just as important.
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We asked transportation and shop managers what they see as the biggest challenge for maintenance in the coming year. There are six common issues that rise to the fore.
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Transportation veteran Jim Beekman says he sees a paradigm shift that is vital: one that identifies cost per program so decisions use a base of data to support objectives, not just the old methodology of “sounds good to me.”
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At ASBC’s Love the Bus event in rural Sloughhouse, California, dignitaries from Congress and the EPA cite the benefits of school buses, and students in yellow T-shirts show their spirit.
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Over the years, our research has consistently found that the prevalence of school bus driver shortage is high when the unemployment rate is low, and vice versa.
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Setting stop-arm fine amounts that drivers will take seriously is important. But if the penalties become too steep, do they become ineffective? For example, Iowa has seen more violations pleaded down or dismissed since increasing fines.
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