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Districts in Georgia, North Carolina, and Alabama are adding routing, GPS tracking, and communication tools from AlphaRoute to improve school transportation operations.
Read More →All employees are essential to keeping a pupil transportation operation running smoothly, with school bus drivers being one of the most critical. Substitute school bus drivers are no less important than regular bus drivers. In fact, officials suggest these drivers can make or break an operation.
Read More →A Rockland County child was struck by their school bus late last week. Here's what we know so far about this and other fatalities and injuries in the area over the years.
Read More →We caught up with Dean Transportation’s Jackie Wilkerson Brown on site at SBFX after she was named the first-ever 2025 School Bus Driver Hero Award. Hear her inspiring story and heartfelt reaction in her own words here.
Read More →The expanded partnership utilizes Nuvve’s vehicle-to-grid technology in Blue Bird electric school buses to make vehicle electrification more accessible and affordable.
Read More →Wes Platt discusses the latest in School Bus Fleet news, including GreenPower receiving a lease/purchase deal on a 80,000 square foot property, Lion Electric Company taking possession of a new factory outside Chicago, and much more!
Read More →A crowded Cleveland parking lot, a full-size pickup, and five unexpected words turned a stressful moment into a reminder of just how much trust we place in school bus drivers every day.
Read More →Attendees get their first in-person look at the school bus manufacturer’s eTrans Type A unit, which features a zero-emissions chassis and a regenerative braking system. Kings Canyon Unified School District in Reedley, Calif., is set to receive the first bus. Director of Transportation John Clements discusses with SBF his plans for operating the bus.
Read More →Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent news headlines from the pupil transportation industry - including the electric bus collaboration between the National Association for Pupil Transportation, the School Superintendents Association, and the Association of School Business Officials International.
Read More →Just in time for Minnesota’s School Bus Driver Appreciation Day during Love the Bus month, meet one local driver with half a century of experience driving students.
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