
Known for his people skills, hard work, and uncanny ability to build effective teams, the senior vice president of National Express has played a key role in growing and improving school bus companies.
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The new Matthews Buses service, parts, and training facility can accommodate work on eight full-size school buses and includes a technician training space with distance learning technology.
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Marty Maier, the head mechanic at Hilton (N.Y.) Central School District, ends his career after 26 years. He came aboard after his dad retired.
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Extra sanitizing, contact tracing, social distancing, and increased training and communication are some of the best practices that transportation directors are implementing for school reopening amid COVID-19.
Read More →Crucial practices include educating and negotiating with districts to continue compensation while buses aren’t running, following safety procedures consistently, and keeping abreast of loan and legal resources, experts say.
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Industry experts will discuss in this webinar, taking place on May 13, how contractors can convince districts that they have a right to be paid during COVID-19-spurred school closures. It will also provide advice on protecting workers, how insurers can help, and preparing for when classes eventually resume.
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The vision systems supplier is helping to manufacture personal protective equipment, ventilator splitters, and other equipment for medical workers in New York, the state hit hardest by COVID-19.
Read More →New York school bus contractor leader Corey Muirhead details the dire situation school bus companies are in due to COVID-19-spurred school closures, and shares arguments against reasons some districts point to for not paying them.
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The New York State Bus Distributors Association and the New York Association for Pupil Transportation appeal to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature for support during and after the pandemic to prevent greater financial hardship.
Read More →School bus drivers must contend with a variety of safety concerns, and roadways that have been retrofitted to add bike lanes or travel lanes crisscrossing bike lanes add yet another.
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