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Safetyby Kelly RoherOctober 8, 2013

District’s ‘Safety Town’ teaches students bus, life safety

Arizona-based Dysart Unified School District’s third annual event will be held this week, with transportation department employees and high school students providing information to approximately 900 kindergartners in such areas as bus evacuation drills, distracted driving and CPR.

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Managementby StaffOctober 7, 2013

Transfinder celebrates new headquarters

The transportation management company unveils a sidewalk plaque placed at the entrance of its headquarters at 440 State St. in Schenectady, N.Y., that displays the latitude and longitude coordinates for the address. Also, on Thursday, the company will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony.

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Maintenanceby Thomas McMahonOctober 7, 2013

Cummins offers new 5-liter V8 diesel

The engine manufacturer holds a press event to share details on the new ISV5.0 and to show it running in a Type C school bus and several other test vehicles. Cummins officials discuss the engine's benefits, including low total cost of ownership and quieter operation.

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Special Needs Transportationby StaffOctober 7, 2013

Special-needs students help assemble restraints

About 60 students from a Florida school have been participating in the production of Q'Straint restraints, performing pre-assembly and packaging. The program has helped the students develop job skills and contribute to their own safety in transportation.

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Special Needs Transportationby StaffOctober 4, 2013

Teen drives school bus after fight, causing crash

While a bus driver and an aide were breaking up a fight between two special-needs students and checking on one of the students, the other student involved in the fight ran to the front of the bus and began driving it. Another bus driver noticed and drove in front of the bus to cut it off, causing both vehicles to collide.

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Special Needs Transportationby Nicole MillerOctober 4, 2013

Driver, attendant comfort students when babysitter is hurt

When Mary Bennett, a bus driver for Volusia County Schools, and her attendant, Jackie Murphy, stop to pick up two special-needs students on their route, Bennett hears the students’ babysitter in their home calling for help and sees her on the floor. After Murphy calls 911, she and Bennett help the students onto the bus, and Murphy keeps them calm until emergency response arrives.

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Managementby Jack ChavdarianOctober 3, 2013

District cuts vehicle breakdowns by 50%, crashes by 35%

These improvements at Virginia's Prince William County Public Schools started by investing more time in maintenance and money in better equipment for its school buses, which also led to an overall reduction in costs.

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Alternative Fuelsby StaffOctober 2, 2013

Districts, bus companies among Sustainability All-Star Award recipients

Mesa (Ariz.) Public Schools, All-Star Transportation, Student Transportation of America, Blue Bird Corp., Brighton (Colo.) School District 27J and ROUSH CleanTech are among the 40 winners of the award, which recognizes propane autogas fleets for their leadership in running vehicles on the fuel. The winners are recognized during the Green Fleet Conference & Expo in Phoenix.

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Safetyby StaffOctober 2, 2013

Seon to donate proceeds to anti-bullying efforts

A portion of the proceeds of every bus camera system the supplier sells between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31 will go to anti-bullying education and awareness campaigns such as “The Bully Project.” The total donation is expected to amount to upward of $25,000.

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Managementby StaffOctober 2, 2013

Trans Tech Bus hires Mike Hall as vice president

Hall comes to the Type A school bus manufacturer with more than 19 years of production and manufacturing experience in the military equipment industry. He will be responsible for all operations of Trans Tech Bus.

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