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Component shortages and delivery challenges resulted in a bus manufacturing backlog for Blue Bird as the industry started its post-COVID shutdown rebound.
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The association's advocacy team continues to work with legislators and federal officials to cope with the ongoing driver shortage and fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Data collected for the latest SBF Fact Book points to an overall decline in school bus sales. Will the COVID-19 pandemic, driver shortage, and supply chain issues relent enough to allow the industry to bounce back in the year ahead?
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Frank Di Giacomo retires in January after decades working for Bobit and leading School Bus Fleet and Metro magazines.
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Brendan Wagner, pupil transportation director for the Scottsdale (Ariz.) Unified School District, shares his thoughts on attacking the nationwide school bus driver shortage - and it can't focus entirely on the wage rate.
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This Thanksgiving season I feel a debt of gratitude to the many School Bus Fleet readers who submitted nominations for 2021’s Administrator of the Year. Thanks to you, we had a cornucopia of choices from all across the United States, coast to coast.
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The industry will have to go through a period of adjustment and become innovative in ways we have not previously utilized. For example, we have seen an increase in wages and benefits, but wages and benefits only provide a partial solution to this comprehensive problem.
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Legislators kept wages stable, with the unintended consequence that, as we struggle to emerge from a pandemic, bus drivers find themselves weighing their commitment to serving school districts against better pay and benefits working for other transportation outfits, such as Amazon.
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What should you look for when considering radio-frequency identification devices for your school bus fleet?
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Vehicle-to-grid technology can help reduce costs by charging fleets when electricity rates are low and managing the precise charge rate to make sure bus batteries are not negatively impacted.
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A fresh start commences for SBF's new executive editor in a rather challenging time.
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From dealing with an ongoing driver shortage to ever-changing health and safety protocols, pupil transporters are charging ahead and using those experiences as fuel for planning a successful 2021-22 school year.
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