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Newsby StaffDecember 2, 2009

Forsythe serves as industry expert in consulting project

The contractor provided school bus industry best practices for a Middle Eastern bus company that recently won contracts to transport 500,000 girls to school, and also developed a strategic plan to help the company in its service.

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Newsby StaffDecember 2, 2009

Student Transportation honors employees, military families

Employees receive recognition for years of accident-free service, charitable activities, and heroic rescues. Those with family members in the military were also recognized, as was a driver who previously served a 20-year career in the Air National Guard.

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Newsby StaffDecember 1, 2009

Report shows dominant safety record of school buses

Sixty-one times more children were killed in passenger vehicles than in school buses during school transportation hours in 2007-08, according to NHTSA data compiled by the California Association of School Transportation Officials.

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Newsby StaffNovember 25, 2009

EXCLUSIVE: Industry officials respond to Huntsville crash report

Mike Martin of NAPT and Charlie Hood of NASDPTS discuss the National Transportation Safety Board’s findings on driver seat belt use and its call for event data recorders on buses.

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Newsby StaffNovember 24, 2009

FirstGroup exec joins safety group’s board of directors

FirstGroup America President and CEO Mike Murray will serve on the National Safety Council’s board of directors through 2010. He will help to guide the organization in its mission and serve as a trustee, assisting with development and fundraising efforts.

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Newsby StaffNovember 24, 2009

Los Angeles district awards GPS contract to Everyday Solutions

The transportation solutions technology provider will equip Los Angeles Unified School District vehicles with GPS applications under a three-year deal. Company officials report that benefits to using the system include improvements to student safety and access to information, as well as reduced maintenance costs.

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Newsby StaffNovember 20, 2009

STA changes name, may sell shares in U.S.

Shareholders approve a resolution to change the school bus contractor's corporate name from Student Transportation of America Ltd. to Student Transportation Inc. Plans to list common shares on a U.S. exchange could go forward by fall of 2010.

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Newsby StaffNovember 19, 2009

School bus driver charged with felony neglect in student violence case

Students allegedly tormented classmates on the bus for most of the school year; they will be tried on charges of sexual battery, strangulation and intimidation early next year.

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Newsby StaffNovember 19, 2009

Thomas Built redesigns cockpit of Type D unit

The manufacturer’s 2010 Saf-T-Liner EF school bus features cockpit improvements to enhance functionality and driver comfort, including optimized driver’s seat placement and grouped switches. The unit also boasts a revamped electrical system.

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Newsby StaffNovember 19, 2009

NTSB: Bus driver in Huntsville crash was unbelted

The National Transportation Safety Board’s long-awaited report on the fatal 2006 crash confirms that the school bus driver was not wearing his seat belt, which allowed him to be thrown from the bus before it plunged 30 feet off of a highway ramp.

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