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Newsby StaffMarch 3, 2011

Nation’s highway traffic surges

A new federal report shows that Americans drove 3 trillion miles in 2010, the most vehicle miles traveled since 2007 and the third-highest ever recorded.

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Newsby StaffMarch 2, 2011

Tips for promoting the importance of school buses

A free web seminar sponsored by the American School Bus Council and presented by SBF will offer guidance on communicating the environmental, economic, educational and safety benefits of the yellow bus.

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Newsby StaffMarch 2, 2011

AngelTrax offers new video data management platform

FlexPlay Pro can be used to analyze live and stored video surveillance and telematics. Features include remote system configuration, automatic wireless downloads, live video streaming, instant system health notifications and an enhanced user interface.

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Newsby StaffMarch 1, 2011

Company provides small bus for students on hazardous road

The Red Lion Bus Co. vehicle will serve 18 students who attend a Pennsylvania school district. The children live off of a road deemed by the state to be too hazardous for walking, and it is too narrow for a regular-size school bus to navigate.

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Newsby StaffMarch 1, 2011

First Student names new region operations manager

Mike Shedor will oversee the school bus contractor's Kansas and central Missouri territories, including locations in Jefferson City, Kansas City and Columbia in Missouri, and Olathe, Shawnee Mission and Blue Valley in Kansas. He will also coach staff on First Student's safety policies and training programs.

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Newsby StaffMarch 1, 2011

NBA great promotes the yellow bus

In a new PSA in Utah, former basketball All-Star Mark Eaton explains that the state's school buses "save over $40 million and reduce over 11 million gallons of fuel."

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Newsby StaffMarch 1, 2011

North Carolina districts could pay more transportation-related costs

Under her proposed 2012 budget, Gov. Beverly Perdue wants to eliminate the $57 million the state would spend on replacing school buses. She also wants local governments to pick up the costs for workers’ compensation claims for drivers, which are estimated at $35 million statewide.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 28, 2011

Blue Bird introduces financial service provider

Blue Bird Capital Services offers such solutions as commercial leases, loan agreements and municipal financing. Additionally, officials for the school bus manufacturer say customers will experience new opportunities with preferred rates and competitive finance programs.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 28, 2011

State directors to tally bus passing

NASDPTS is conducting a nationwide survey to determine how many motorists illegally pass stopped school buses — an ongoing problem that results in multiple student fatalities each year.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 24, 2011

District's revamped transportation plan will provide efficient service

Under the plan, which Seattle Public Schools’ transportation manager discusses with SBF, transportation zones will streamline bus routes for attendance-area elementary and K-8 schools. Ride times will decrease to 25 minutes or less, and about 80 buses will be taken off the road.

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