Not-for-profit MITRE’s research shows that opening windows, using fans can reduce exhaled airborne particles on the bus by up to 84%. Simply wearing a mask can reduce particle spread by 50% or more.
Iredell-Statesville School District will use CalAmp’s Bus Guardian to safeguard against COVID-19 and the Here Comes the Bus app for fleet tracking and student safety.
The school bus manufacturer teams up with Safety Vision to install Mobileye collision avoidance systems on all of its new and existing buses.
School transportation leaders and suppliers share how the latest tracking tech can help with contact tracing for COVID-19, streamline parent communication, and manage sanitization practices.
States can now award subgrants from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund for Zonar EVIR and Z Pass.
Transportation staff, students, and administrators from Othello School District teamed up to highlight, both in English and in Spanish, new safety precautions for riding the school bus.
Kirsten Volzka is riding a school bus, driven by her grandmother, when she suffers cardiac arrest, which leads to a seizure.
The school bus company gives one of its decommissioned buses to a Missouri fire department for extrication practice.
Boydo, the training program manager for First Student, discusses developing a new training program for the school bus company, which includes procedures for its van service, and rolling out new procedures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Celina City Schools details the do’s and don’ts of riding the school bus, including proper loading/unloading procedures and wearing masks while on board.
Maria Lopez, a driver for the School District of Lee County (Fla.), passes out behind the wheel. Three students on board help make calls to first responders and keep other students safe and calm.
The association submits comments and testifies in a virtual meeting held by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Two incidents are detailed in the annual survey conducted by the Kansas State Department of Education’s School Bus Safety Unit. The survey notes schools nationwide were closed for most of the second semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Until now, HEPA-14 filtration systems have been large and unwieldy, and there were no retrofit units on the market that would universally fit existing ambulances, transit vehicles, school buses, and crewed work trucks.
The student is hit after running in front of the bus as it drives away from the bus stop. She is transported to the hospital, where she later succumbs to her injuries.
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.
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