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Newsby StaffMarch 29, 2010

Transfinder offers updated routing software

Version 9.0 of Routefinder Pro contains features for pupil transportation personnel to optimize routes and analyze their operations to better understand current metrics. Mapping technology displays each student’s home relative to his or her morning and afternoon stops.

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Newsby StaffMarch 29, 2010

Free computer with Seon DVR purchase

The mobile video surveillance supplier is offering a free Dell notebook to customers who purchase 10 or more Trooper TL Series Digital Video Recorders. The offer runs until Sept. 1.

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Newsby StaffMarch 29, 2010

IC Bus University session deemed a success

Sixty technicians attended the school bus manufacturer’s maintenance training program in mid-March. They received instruction on such topics as engines, vehicle lifts and transmissions. Another session has been scheduled for the week of May 3.

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Newsby StaffMarch 29, 2010

IMMI wins engineering award for Premier seat

The company will receive the 2009 SAE International Henry Ford II Distinguished Award for Excellence in Automotive Engineering. The award recognizes IMMI's work in increasing safety on motorcoaches and school buses with the development of the Premier seat, which incorporates SafeGuard SmartFrame technology to protect both belted and unbelted occupants.

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Newsby StaffMarch 26, 2010

Contractors give varying outlooks on healthcare bill

Some executives at school bus companies see increased costs that they will have to pass on to the school districts they serve. Others are hoping that the price of buying healthcare will go down.

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Newsby StaffMarch 25, 2010

New safety training offered for bus drivers

Auto Safety House and DrivingMBA are partnering to offer a program for school bus and other fleets that focuses on defensive driving using simulators and adult learning techniques.

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Newsby StaffMarch 25, 2010

IC Bus to provide chassis for Thor Industries units

Under a supply agreement, several brands of vehicles manufactured by Thor will be built on IC’s new TC Series chassis, which will be powered by MaxxForce engines featuring advanced exhaust gas recirculation emissions technology.

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Newsby StaffMarch 25, 2010

Deer flies through school bus windshield

The animal is struck by the bus and ends up on board. Two students are taken to the hospital with minor injuries in the bizarre accident.

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Newsby StaffMarch 23, 2010

School bus innovator to retire after 59-year career

Jack Parsons helped shape the school transportation industry in California and the rest of the country by thinking, experimenting and studying what was and asking what could be, according to A-Z Bus Sales.

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Newsby StaffMarch 23, 2010

Free training set offered after spike in danger zone deaths

To bring down the number of accidents with children around school buses, four organizations team up to provide the safety training program at no charge to school districts nationwide.

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