2025 Year in Review: Your Most-Read School Bus Fleet Stories
Pressed Play: 2025 Year in Review, Video Edition
You watched, shared, and replayed these videos all year long; see School Bus Fleet’s most-watched coverage on safety, policy, tech, and leadership.
December 18, 2025
Check out our biggest stories captured on video in 2025, from alternative transportation to safety tech shaping school transportation.
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Some stories are best told on camera.
In 2025, we dove into topics with real thought leaders in the industry, covering breaking news and inspirational stories that made you tune in. From alternative transportation, human trafficking, new bus features, and emerging safety tech, these videos captured the conversations that shaped school transportation this year.
Top-Viewed Videos
1. Beyond the Yellow Bus: Exploring Alternative Student Transportation
EverDriven CEO Mitch Bowling joins The Route to discuss how alternative transportation is expanding options beyond the yellow bus.
2. Protecting Students with Smarter Tech Aboard the School Bus
Safe Fleet’s Mike Hagan joins us on The Route to discuss the future of school bus safety technology — from predictive stop arms and driver monitoring to AI cameras and law enforcement partnerships. The Route is sponsored by IC Bus — proudly manufacturing the Next Generation CE Series.
3. Safety Lessons from School Bus Accidents
NTSB accident investigator Meg Sweeney shares how real school bus crash investigations lead to safer practices and prevent future tragedies.
4. What’s Going on in Washington? A Check-In with NSTA
We cover top headlines in student transportation before joining NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn to discuss recent events and updates from Washington, D.C.
5. Leadership Lessons with SBF’s Award Winners
Get to know the inspiring stories of 12 young leaders in student transportation in this episode of The Route! Plus, hear stories and takeaways from SBF’s 2025 Administrator of the Year, Kimberly Jones.
Most-Watched Video Short: NAPT ACTS 2025 Highlights: SBF On the Scene with IC Bus
Join us from the trade show floor at NAPT's ACTS conference in Grand Rapids from Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2025! School Bus Fleet caught up with Chad Duncan from IC Bus to check out the next-generation IC CE diesel school bus featuring a redesigned glass door for improved visibility, dual-height handrails, and bright LED interior lighting.
YouTube's Favorite Video of the Year: Human Trafficking & The School Bus
Human trafficking might not be top of mind when you think of school buses — but it should be. Let's chat with Truckers Against Trafficking and a former transportation director about how this crime shows up in school transportation — and how drivers can play a life-saving role in spotting and stopping it.
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5 Questions: How CharterUP Brought a Marketplace to Student Transportation
What does it take to bring a transportation marketplace into K-12? Hear firsthand what CharterUP has learned about the unique needs of schools and bus operators.
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EverDriven Expands TripCentral Transportation Management Platform to All Partner Districts
The platform provides school districts with real-time trip tracking, student transportation scheduling tools, and pickup and drop-off management capabilities.
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6 School Transportation Trends to Watch: 2026 District Survey Results
School bus buying is up, fuel choices are shifting, and driver shortages persist. This and more in the latest K-12 public school survey, plus the largest fleets in the U.S.
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The 100 Largest School Bus Fleets in America: 2026 Rankings
Which public K-12 school districts are the largest in the nation in terms of bus fleet size? Here are the new standings of the top 100 district fleets.
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EverDriven Launches Route Consolidation Calculator to Estimate Diesel Savings
As diesel prices hit record highs, the largest alternative transportation provider says a 10% route consolidation could save a 120-route district more than $78,000 a year in fuel alone.
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Zum Secures Continued Financing Support for School Bus Expansion
Generate Private Credit has financed approximately $75 million in school bus deployments across three states, supporting more than 500 buses as Zum expands across the county.
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Beyond Discipline: A Different Approach to Student Behavior on the Bus
After implementing a dean of students program in Oregon, North Clackamas is seeing positive improvements. Here’s how it worked. The Route is brought to you by IC Bus.
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A Dean of Transportation's Different Approach to Student Behavior on the School Bus
After implementing a dean of students program in Oregon, North Clackamas is seeing positive improvements on the bus. Here’s how it worked.
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Inside NAPT ACTS 2026: Highlights from Louisville
From federal updates and student behavior strategies to new school bus technology and industry awards, see highlights from NAPT ACTS 2026 in Louisville.
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Meet the 2026 School Bus Driver Hero Winner: Annette Brown
We caught up with Wa-Nee Community Schools' Annette Brown on site at SBFX, where she was named the 2026 School Bus Driver Hero Award winner. Hear about her reaction, what she loves most about being a school bus driver, and more!
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