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Articlesby StaffJune 1, 2005

Small Contractors Embrace Growing Challenges

The business of transporting schoolchildren has gotten a little tougher over the past few years, with rising costs of fuel, insurance and equipment co...

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ArticlesJune 1, 2005

An open letter to my successor

On July 20, Dale Krapf will hand over the presidency of the National School Transportation Association to John Corr. Dear John: It’s tim...

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Articlesby StaffJune 1, 2005

Bus crashes spur safety study

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — In the wake of three accidents that killed two motorists and injured dozens of students, Gov. Matt Blunt formed a panel to study...

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Articlesby StaffJune 1, 2005

Bus Briefs

Youths free student pinned between busesSTURBRIDGE, Mass. — Fifteen middle school students moved a bus enough to free a classmate pinned b...

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ArticlesJune 1, 2005

High-tech safety concepts explored

DURHAM, N.H. — Students in the University of New Hampshire’s (UNH) electrical and computer engineering program are working to make school buses safer ...

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ArticlesJune 1, 2005

Finding positives in cost challenges

First, I’d like to extend my condolences to family and friends of Dennis Hammell, a venerable school bus contractor in New Jersey who served the indus...

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Articlesby StaffJune 1, 2005

New Jersey contractor passes away at Warrensburg conference

WARRENSBURG, Mo. — Dennis Hammell, a prominent figure in the private pupil transportation sector, died in mid-May of an apparent heart attack. He wa...

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Articlesby StaffJune 1, 2005

Chicago contractor runs with biodiesel

OAK FOREST, Ill. — Chicago School Transit recently began fueling its buses with a B20 blend of biodiesel fuel. The move is part of the Illinois Cl...

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Articlesby StaffApril 1, 2005

Nonconforming vans targeted in House bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National School Transportation Association (NSTA) succeeded in getting a provision in the House bill reauthorizing trans...

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Articlesby StaffApril 1, 2005

Bus Briefs

Delaware sees drop in number of bus crashes DOVER, Del. — The number of school bus crashes in Delaware decreased by about 39 percen...

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