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Newsby Thomas McMahonMarch 12, 2013

New state director named in Kansas

Keith Dreiling, a former lieutenant with the Kansas Highway Patrol, joins the Kansas State Department of Education as state director for pupil transportation. He replaces industry veteran Larry Bluthardt, who retired last year.

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Newsby StaffMarch 12, 2013

Florida bus driver to be honored for rescuing toddler

Jim Letos spots the child on the side of a highway and brings the toddler on his bus after calling 911. Letos is scheduled to be recognized for his actions at a Pinellas County Schools board meeting on Tuesday.

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Newsby StaffMarch 12, 2013

Another transit agency ordered to halt school bus routes

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) directs a Michigan agency to halt several routes that were introduced in 2010 to transport about 300 students. The ruling comes a month after the FTA issued a similar order to a South Dakota transit agency.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMarch 12, 2013

NTSB official highlights dangers of driver fatigue

While the “spring forward” clock change creates a national sleep debt and leads to a spike in auto crashes, driver fatigue is a “life-threatening concern” at all times of the year, Mark Rosekind writes in a National Transportation Safety Board blog post.

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ProductsMarch 12, 2013

Skirt-mount condensers

With American Cooling Technology’s new family of skirt-mount condensers – the universal-mount CS-2 (pictured), CS-32 and CS-3 – the a/c installer can select from either the side-by-side or front-and-rear mounting bolt pattern.

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Newsby StaffMarch 11, 2013

First Student driver honored for customer service excellence

Richard Fumi receives the Cincinnati USA Convention & Visitors Bureau’s Pinnacle Award for Outstanding Service, which recognizes those who go above and beyond the call of duty to best serve their customers. In other news, First Student was recently named the 2013 Business of the Year by the Park Hill District Hall of Fame Committee in Kansas City, Mo.

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Newsby StaffMarch 11, 2013

Scrap company owner charged after stolen buses are shredded

Chicago police arrest Sergio Quintero on Friday, and he is charged with felony possession of a title or registration that has not been assigned. The charge stems from his alleged involvement in the theft of eight school buses, which were brought to his scrap yard, and three of them were destroyed.

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Newsby StaffMarch 7, 2013

Blue Bird expedites 100 buses for Sandy-damaged fleet

Hundreds of school buses in Atlantic Express' New York City fleet were severely damaged or completely destroyed in the storm. The team at Blue Bird worked relentlessly to fill an initial order of 100 Blue Bird Visions within record time for delivery in December, company officials said.

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NewsMarch 7, 2013

Utah bill aims to increase state's CNG-powered vehicles

Senate Bill 275 would establish a governing body to facilitate conversion of fleets in the state to alternative fuel vehicles, specifically those powered by compressed natural gas (CNG). In a press conference on board a CNG-powered school bus, Gov. Gary Herbert calls for everyone to improve the state’s air quality, and he spotlights the bill as one way to reduce heavy vehicle and fleet emissions.

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Newsby StaffMarch 7, 2013

Driver who hit boy while passing bus avoids jail

A judge in Pennsylvania declines a prosecutor's suggestion that jail time "might be appropriate," sentencing the 62-year-old woman instead to community service and probation. The 5-year-old boy's skull was fractured when he was clipped by the woman's car as she illegally passed his bus.

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