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Unveiling the full agenda for SBFX 2026 in Scottsdale this September: Here's who will be headlining the event throughout our two days together, and what to expect.
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From its school bus maintenance to its driver training, the transportation employees at Forest Hills Public Schools in Grand Rapids, Mich., look ahead and analyze information to identify potential problems or areas that need improvement.
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The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Education has extended for three years its agreement with Emirates Transport for transportation of students of the ministry’s government schools. The deal provides 2,113 school buses and more than 2,000 drivers to government schools.
Read More →Sarasota County Schools builds the depot in North Port, Fla., which the transportation director says reduces the number of empty miles the drivers had been traveling from the old depot to their first and last pickups of the day. Pickup times and routes aren’t expected to change.
Read More →Frederick County (Md.) Public Schools launches a new school bus notification system that provides info on delays of 15 minutes or more. The program displays the bus number, whether it is a morning or afternoon bus, the length of the delay and the schools affected.
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AngelTrax’s new line of onboard interior and exterior high-definition cameras are designed to improve nighttime and low light video capture, company officials said.
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REI has upgraded its A.R.M.O.R.-StopArm to capture up to four lanes of stop-arm violators. Company officials said nearly all metro street configurations are covered by REI’s newest innovation.
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The Sleepy Time Headrest is adjustable and is designed to provide support from all angles for children in wheelchairs, car seats, feeder seats and other applications. Sherri Marbutt, who invented the product, tells SBF that it has been crash tested according to FMVSS 213, and it doesn’t interfere with car seat straps or seat belts.
Read More →Jesse Hermanson and an aide are on the bus when driver Lee Plante loses consciousness while making a U-turn, sending the bus through a brick wall and into a backyard. The teen says he saw Plante halfway out the bus doors, and his thought was to “call 911 and release the emergency switch because the doors kept pinching him.”
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On Wednesday, the one-year anniversary of the slaying of Alabama school bus driver Charles Poland Jr., the New York Association for Pupil Transportation paid tribute to Poland and announced steps it is taking to increase school bus security. For example, the association is supporting legislation that would make it a crime of criminal trespass to board a school bus without permission.
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