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Photo Galleriesby StaffFebruary 24, 2016

PHOTOS: ASBC’s Love the Bus event

Exuberant kids in yellow T-shirts, a bus-loving U.S. congressman and a School Bus Champion Award are among the pictorial highlights from the 2016 Love the Bus main event.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 23, 2016

Alabama school bus drivers honored

Transportation South holds a Love the Bus celebration to recognize the state’s best school bus drivers. A 23-year school bus veteran is named Driver of the Year.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 23, 2016

District changes school bus policies following reports of assaults

Great Bend (Kan.) School District 428 now requires adults to sit among students on bus trips and is adding cameras to all its buses after two students reported being sexually assaulted on the bus.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 22, 2016

School bus driver fired after near miss with train

A Texas driver drove over railroad tracks and stopped at a stop sign, but was still too close to the tracks, and a train just missed hitting the bus. She was fired for not following standard rail crossing procedures.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonFebruary 18, 2016

Bill would mandate child-check alarms on California school buses

A state senator says that the bill was spurred by the death of an autistic student who was left on a school bus in September.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 18, 2016

Oregon association to hold school bus driver training workshop

Topics covered in the Feb. 20 event will include lessons learned from the Reynolds High School shooting; the effects of insomnia, alcohol and drugs; and walk-throughs of overturned and smoke-filled buses.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 18, 2016

STA to expand California operations

The company wins contracts for Los Angeles Unified School District, as well as the nearby Porter Ranch community and a regional center, adding about $10.5 million in annual revenue.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonFebruary 16, 2016

New York stop-arm survey estimates 35K violations

NYAPT’s latest study of illegal passing of school buses finds an increased rate of violations compared to previous counts.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 16, 2016

School bus driver charged with DUI after crashing bus

Scott Poirier of Massachusetts crashed his bus into a telephone pole and was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated. He told police he didn’t drink any alcohol, but did take DayQuil and NyQuil.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 12, 2016

Virginia school bus drivers assaulted by students

Two drivers were allegedly assaulted by students on their buses and taken to the hospital in separate incidents. One of the drivers was trying to break up a fight.

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