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NewsSeptember 21, 2020

Partnership Helps District Install Wi-Fi on School Buses

Elkhart (Ind.) Community Schools partners with mobile technology supplier MITO Corp. and the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Civic Innovation to install Wi-Fi on 25 of its buses.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserSeptember 17, 2020

New School Bus Routines Include Ramped Up Cleaning, Temperature Checks

Intensified procedures at districts in Vermont, Illinois, and Ohio, include more cleaning time, spraying and fogging, and student temperature checks done by monitors. One district has installed temperature scanning devices on all buses.

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ProductsSeptember 16, 2020

Webasto Introduces Lightweight, Compact Air Cleaners

Webasto North America now offers HFT 300 and HFT 600 high-efficiency air cleaners which use medical-grade HEPA-14 filtration media and can be installed almost anywhere inside vehicles.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserAugust 20, 2020

NHTSA OKs Some Barrier Installation on School Buses

The federal agency responds to an inquiry from the Illinois Department of Transportation, stating that some barriers may be allowed, subject to certain FMVSS regulations.

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NewsJuly 1, 2020

NSTA Thanks Senators, Urges Passing of CERTS Act

Sens. Susan Collins and Jack Reed join the National School Transportation Association and other transportation organizations to obtain more support for the industry during the pandemic.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserJune 16, 2020

Canadian Schools to Install First Light Signs on Buses

Three Manitoba-area school divisions will add the school bus product safety supplier’s Illuminated School Bus Sign to their buses following a year-and-a-half long pilot.

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Newsby StaffMay 13, 2020

National Pupil Transportation Associations Launch Return-to-School Task Force

The Student Transportation Aligned for Return To School (STARTS) Task Force will be a collaboration among NASDPTS, NAPT, and the NSTA, to research, review, and report on matters relating to COVID-19.

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School Bus Fleet BlogApril 28, 2020

NSTA Advocacy in Action — COVID-19 Crisis Strengthens Pupil Transporters’ Commitment

COVID-19 is something none of us could have imagined, and no one knows how these events will play out, but seeing the industry pull together shows what we can accomplish with our commitment and resolve when unified.

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Newsby StaffApril 22, 2020

NSTA Encourages Inclusion of School Bus Drivers in Proposed Federal ‘Heroes Fund’

The National School Transportation Association calls for U.S. Senate co-sponsors of the proposed fund unveiled on Capitol Hill to list school bus drivers as essential workers eligible for $25,000 in hazard pay.

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Newsby StaffApril 15, 2020

District Installs Oven Inside School Bus to Keep Meals Hot

The Redding (Calif.) School District places the warming oven inside the bus it is using to deliver meals to students who are picking them up at their bus stops. Traveling the route and delivering to all 10 stops takes two-and-a-half hours.

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