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The contractor has signed letters of intent for each of the acquisitions, which are scheduled to close prior to the start of the school year in August. They will add more than 150 vehicles to the company’s fleet and annualized revenues of over $7.8 million.
Read More →This year's report highlights the continued driver and staffing shortages and pandemic-related affects on student transportation operations.
Read More →More than 170 of the school bus contractor’s locations raise monetary donations and gather goods for those in need.
Read More →The company reports that it has gotten necessary approvals to take over the provider of general and special-education student transportation, paratransit, and charter services in New York City, Upstate New York, and Philadelphia.
Read More →MyBus is the newest Type A unit from Thomas Built Buses. The Multifunction School Activity Bus (MFSAB) is designed to fill the transportation needs of child care and activity centers, churches, service organizations and small businesses.
Read More →Patrick Vaughan is named chief operating officer for the contractor’s North American school bus division. He will be responsible for maintaining the company’s service standards, leading the operations team and integrating new business. In other news, the contractor has acquired Rhode Island-based Ocean State Transit.
Read More →The school bus contractor significantly expands its market presence across the U.S. and Canada with new business acquisitions and contracts, and over $100 million in revenue growth.
Read More →Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed Senate Bill 81, which replaces the $248 million that was cut for the service with an across-the-board revenue limit reduction at all school districts in the state for the 2011-12 fiscal year. Mike Rea of the California Association of School Transportation Officials tells SBF this is welcome news, but he notes that more work must be done to restore funding for the long term, and he shares the association’s efforts to this end.
Read More →An online job board for the school bus, motorcoach and transit industries has been launched at www...
Read More →A WWII veteran who is still training school bus drivers in his 90s. A mechanic-turned-manager who test-drove a bus to Toad Suck, Arkansas. A state director who used to be a hair stylist. Get the scoop on these and other intriguing school bus people in the return of this popular series.
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