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Massachusetts Drops Capacity Limits, Social Distancing on Some School Buses
The limits are lifted for all elementary school students, in addition to middle and high school students in areas without high community prevalence of COVID-19.
The limits are lifted for all elementary school students, in addition to middle and high school students in areas without high community prevalence of COVID-19.
Two safe cleaning and disinfecting options at the top of the list for their effectiveness that also have a reduced impact on the user and the environment are UV-C and electrostatic sprayer technology.
Hall County Schools is employing a three-step process to clean and disinfect its buses with products from Zep Corp.
Pittsylvania County Schools hosts an event giving preference to its elderly employees, including school bus drivers, to get the first dose of the vaccine.
Queen Anne’s County Public Schools and local law enforcement team up with BusPatrol to implement a new safety program that includes equipping its buses with stop-arm cameras.
The National Association for Pupil Transportation and the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services clarify details on requirements for student transporters and offer guidance.
Columbus City Schools details its multi-layered process — which includes continuous disinfection of buses and requiring students to wear masks on board — to ensure students have a safe return to school.
The modular electrostatic disinfection unit (MEDS) from Frontline Innovations will be installed on two of Bayonne School District’s buses free of charge.
The Lumin-19 is an airstream disinfection solution designed to retrofit school buses and some transit buses.
Mattawa, Ontario, equips all of its buses with BusPatrol's safety technology, including stop-arm cameras, following a local campaign’s efforts to raise awareness of stop-arm running.
The Let’s Remember Adam – Stop for the School Bus campaign hosts a virtual event highlighting Mattawa, Ontario’s adoption of BusPatrol’s school bus safety technology, including stop-arm cameras.
OnGuardACTIVE collision mitigation system from ZF is now a factory-installed option for Saf-T-Liner C2 diesel school buses equipped with air disc brakes.
From deploying onboard cleaning systems to receiving mask donations for students, pupil transporters are making sure the school bus is the safest mode of transportation for students.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to eliminate its federal vision exemption waiver program and instead let medical professionals and motor carriers determine whether drivers with limited vision in one eye may drive commercial motor vehicles.
KWRL, which provides school bus service for four of the state’s school districts, enhances its cleaning protocols and transitions its operations to a new paperless, digital recordkeeping system.