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Managementby StaffDecember 22, 2017

Top 5 Most-Viewed News Stories of 2017

News that drew the most traffic on the School Bus Fleet website this year covered an attendance-based cash incentive, Collins’ new low-floor bus, and student fatalities in the danger zone.  

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Managementby StaffDecember 22, 2017

Top 5 Most-Viewed Feature Articles of 2017

Feature articles that drew the most traffic on the School Bus Fleet website in 2017 included tips on buying a used school bus and an immigrant’s journey from cab driver to running a school bus company.

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Managementby StaffDecember 22, 2017

Editor’s Picks 2017: Videos of the Year

A demonstration of virtual reality technology used in training and a PSA with kids playing motorists who passed stopped school buses were among SBF’s web highlights in 2017.

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Managementby StaffDecember 21, 2017

Zonar Named a ‘Best Place to Work'

The supplier is the bronze winner of the 2017 Best in Biz Awards for Best Place to Work in the medium companies category.

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Safetyby Thomas McMahonDecember 21, 2017

Medical Examiner: Iowa School Bus Fatalities Caused by Fire, Smoke

The state medical examiner finds that the driver and the student on board both died from “smoke and soot inhalation and thermal injuries” in the Dec. 12 school bus fire.

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Safetyby StaffDecember 21, 2017

Bus Driver Charged in Fatal Crash With Train in France

Authorities file preliminary charges of manslaughter and involuntary injury against the driver. Six students were killed in the crash.

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Special Needs Transportationby Thomas McMahonDecember 20, 2017

New York Clears Contracted School Bus Drivers to Use EpiPens

School bus drivers who work for contractors in the state can now administer epinephrine auto-injectors for students who have allergy attacks.

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Safetyby StaffDecember 20, 2017

Prosecutors Allege School Bus Driver in Fatal Tennessee Crash Was on Phone

New information indicates that the driver in the November 2016 Chattanooga crash took a phone call at the time, prosecutors say.

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Safetyby StaffDecember 20, 2017

Mayor, District Official Tour Durham School Bus Facility

Harrisonville, Missouri, Mayor Brian Hasek says he was enlightened “about all the work that goes into getting our students to school safely.”

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Alternative Fuelsby Thomas McMahonDecember 19, 2017

School Bus Operator Go Riteway Awarded for Clean Fuel Use

The contractor is named a Clean Fuel Champion by Wisconsin Clean Cities.

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