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Newsby StaffDecember 2, 2010

Senate committee passes DERA

The five-year reauthorization of the program, which provides funds to reduce emissions from school buses and other diesel vehicles, is approved by the Environment and Public Works Committee. The passage is called a key step in continuing "a vital clean air program that has benefited communities in every single state in the nation."

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Newsby StaffDecember 1, 2010

Student Transportation to acquire three school bus companies

The acquisitions are scheduled to close in the next 30 to 45 days and will add more than 550 vehicles to the company’s fleet, with annualized revenues of more than $28 million. Company Chairman and CEO Denis J. Gallagher says the acquisitions will open two new areas of growth for the company, and one will tuck in to an existing operating location.

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Newsby StaffDecember 1, 2010

Trans Tech sponsors bus giveaway

The president of a New York contractor company wins a free one-year lease of a Trans Tech Bus ST5 Type A school bus during the New York School Bus Contractors Association’s annual meeting.

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Newsby StaffNovember 30, 2010

New job opening at ASBC

The American School Bus Council seeks a coordinator to support its marketing and operational activities.

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Newsby StaffNovember 29, 2010

Allison Transmission to co-sponsor renewable technology event

Emerging Technology Day will be held in May 2011 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) as part of the IMS’s 100th Anniversary Indy 500 celebration. It will feature competitions for university students to build plug-in hybrid vehicles and solar-powered cars, and participate in an electric-powered kart race.

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ArticlesNovember 23, 2010

Taking on a tough topic

No transportation system is perfect — there will always be some degree of risk and, therefore, the potential for litigation.

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Newsby StaffNovember 23, 2010

Missouri school district overcomes coverage gaps

Communications coverage gaps frustrated school bus drivers and compromised student safety, prompting Dallas County R-1 School District to look for a better solution. Their results are covered in a new case study from Motorola.

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Newsby StaffNovember 22, 2010

Florida community 'stuffs' buses for people in need

Residents help fill 14 Manatee County School District buses with 84,050 pounds of food as part of a "Stuff the Bus" event. The district organizes a group of volunteers to get the food into the buses and over to a local food bank.

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Articlesby Thomas McMahonNovember 18, 2010

Out of the mouths of babes

SBF Executive Editor Thomas McMahon shares amusing and heartfelt excerpts from essays submitted by students for Thomas Built Buses' Children's Choice School Bus Driver of the Year essay contest.

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