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ProductsJanuary 18, 2017

Heavy-Duty Alternators

Two new families of Leece-Neville heavy-duty alternators have been designed to improve school bus electrical performance: the IdlePro and IdlePro Extreme high-efficiency/high-output alternators.

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ArticlesJanuary 11, 2017

Missouri District Carries Out Multi-Year Alt-Fuel and Technology Plan

In an effort to reduce emissions, cut costs, and improve its fleet, Blue Springs School District has implemented a variety of changes, including a new CNG station, Wi-Fi on activity buses, and a stop-arm camera system.

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NewsDecember 27, 2016

Top 5 Most-Viewed Feature Articles of 2016

Feature articles that drew the most traffic on the School Bus Fleet website in 2016 covered stop-arm cameras, electric school buses, and student behavior management, among other topics.

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Newsby StaffDecember 23, 2016

New Propane Filters Target Particulate Matter

Alliance AutoGas aligns with Donaldson Co. on a line of LPG filters designed to remove potentially harmful particulate matter and heavy ends from propane systems.

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Newsby StaffDecember 19, 2016

Missouri District Buys 6 Collins CNG School Buses

Blue Springs School District also recently made a $1.2 million investment in fueling infrastructure for its compressed natural gas fleet.

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Newsby StaffDecember 15, 2016

Michigan District Rolls Out Propane School Buses

Waterford School District introduces 10 new Blue Bird Vision Propane buses into its fleet. The district joins nearly 30 others in the state that run the propane-powered buses.

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Newsby StaffNovember 17, 2016

Propane Council Releases New Video on Benefits to Texas District

The Propane Education & Research Council adds to its online "Straight Talk" series a video that showcases Northside Independent School District in San Antonio.

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Newsby StaffNovember 17, 2016

Los Angeles District Buys 71 CNG School Buses

The second-largest school district in the country places a big order of Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner C2 CNG buses.

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Newsby StaffNovember 16, 2016

Florida Charter School Deploys All-Propane Bus Fleet

KIPP: Jacksonville Schools’ 14 Blue Bird Vision Propane buses make up the first completely propane-fueled school bus fleet for a U.S. charter school, Blue Bird and ROUSH CleanTech say.

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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2016

Florida District Launches New Propane Fueling Station

Hillsborough County Public Schools can now fuel its growing fleet of propane school buses at its own facility.

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