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Articlesby StaffApril 1, 2002

How Many Riders Per School Bus Seat?

How many riders can fit on a standard school bus seat? Federal regulation does not specify the number of persons who can sit on a school bus seat. Th...

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Articlesby StaffApril 1, 2002

Railroad Crossing Safety Upgrades

Train-school bus collisions are a major cause of concern for pupil transportation operations throughout the nation. In March 2000, a school bus collid...

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Articlesby StaffApril 1, 2002

Upcoming NHTSA Training Programs

Illegal Passing of School Buses — NHTSA sponsored four demonstration projects addressing illegal passing, which are completed. Based on the results, t...

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Articlesby StaffApril 1, 2002

News from the World of Pupil Transportation

Driver weathers aftermath of attack ATLANTA — On Nov. 7, 2001, Lynda Clanton, school bus driver for Fulton County Schools in Fairburn, ...

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Articlesby StaffMarch 1, 2002

Yellow Buses Invade Britain

About 125 children in Yorkshire, England, began riding two yellow buses to and from school in mid-February as part of a pilot project to test the effe...

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Articlesby StaffMarch 1, 2002

Protect Against Identity Theft

Identity thieves lurk on the Internet, in stores and banks and on the telephone. They covet your private information, such as name, address and phone ...

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Articlesby StaffMarch 1, 2002

Pollution report card: Officials respond to failing grades

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - No U.S. state received a grade of “A” and 21 states did poorly or flunked out on a national report card rating the leve...

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ArticlesMarch 1, 2002

<i>SBF</i> Showcase: Top Contractor Fleets

First Student Inc. Fleet composition: 15,000 school buses Drivers: 19,000 Students transported daily: 1,000,0...

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Articlesby StaffMarch 1, 2002

Hours-of-Service Rule Revisited

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has restated its plan to move forward with a revision of the commercial driver’s hours-of-serv...

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Articlesby StaffMarch 1, 2002

Exhaust Studies:Just Hot Air?

In the span of a week, the results of two major studies on school bus emissions were released and drew national attention. Both the Union of Concerned...

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