
VIDEO: Thomas Built Buses - 'Diesel is Cost-Effective'
Myths about diesel are disappearing.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — State lawmakers have voted to override the governor’s veto of $20.5 million in funding for hundreds of new school buses, The State reports.
The South Carolina Senate voted unanimously on Tuesday to overturn the veto, and the House voted to override it last week, according to the newspaper.
The funds will help the state revamp its aging school bus fleet. As School Bus Fleet previously reported, more than 1,500 of the state’s 5,582 buses are more than 20 years old. Many school districts in the state have struggled with safety concerns because of aging buses, including bus fires earlier this month, in November, and in May.
Myths about diesel are disappearing.
Learn how St. Charles (La.) Parish Public Schools works with Daimler Truck Financial and its local Thomas Built Buses dealer on a lease-purchase plan for fleet replacement.
Hosting food drives, Stuff-the-Bus events, and a winter clothing haul are just some of the ways pupil transporters are giving back this holiday season.
JVCKenwood’s NX-1200 and NX-1300 portable radios operate in two digital protocols — NXDN and DMR — and analog, enabling multi-protocol operation and the capability to transition to digital with mixed-mode operation.
Baron’s Weather API for Fleet website allows users to integrate weather data into fleet management tracking platforms, transportation management systems for pre-planning, and mobile driver applications.
One of the important lessons for employers from the #MeToo movement is that their employees expect them to do more than they have in the past to prevent workplace harassment.
Learn how Specialty Transportation expanded their school bus contracting business by 97 school buses through Daimler Truck Financial. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2s3bhUP
The new buses for Suffolk Transportation and Bay Shore Union Free School District are part of the first production line series of electric models from Blue Bird.
Isabel Lane of Wisconsin is honored during the news program’s “Make Your Monday” segment after a photo of her comforting a student on his first day of school went viral in September.
The Chandler Unified School District #80 transportation team’s new 35,000-square-foot facility features five new vehicle lifts, 16 service bays, and a 1,400 square-foot parts department.
Durham School Services has seen improvements in driver behavior since deploying Lytx’s event recorders across its full fleet of 15,000 buses in December 2018.
Henry County Schools' Blue Bird Vision propane buses are expected to emit 500 fewer pounds of particulate matter per year and about 19,000 fewer pounds of nitrogen oxide than the diesel buses they replaced.
The Massachusetts transportation director has used his knack for problem-solving to make routing more efficient, cofound a state association, and lay the groundwork to bring all his district’s bus service in-house.
Therese Pelicano, a transportation manager for Frederick County (Md.) Public Schools, will use her Q’Straint/Sure-Lok Special Needs Transportation award winnings to enhance wheelchair securement training for her transportation staff.
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Ken
| about 2 years agoIt is bad enough when a bus catches fire - it is even Worse when the information is not shared with districts operating the exact same bus. What make, model and year was the buses that caught fire? I want the children in my district SAFE