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Articlesby StaffSeptember 1, 2007

N.C. report highlights route data

RALEIGH, N.C. — The average reported morning bus ride to school in North Carolina for the 2006-07 school year was 25 minutes, and the average d...

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ArticlesSeptember 1, 2007

Routing Systems Tout Enhancements

With advances in routing software becoming more affordable and accessible to school bus operators, getting kids to school and back home safely and on ...

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Articlesby StaffApril 1, 2006

How Small Operations Conquer Big Challenges

The challenges some smaller operations face can mirror those of larger operations. However, dealing with difficult routing scenarios, attendance issues or the expense of training materials for just a handful of drivers makes a huge difference.

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ArticlesApril 1, 2005

Software Systems Offer Diverse Features

While computer software isn’t new to the pupil transportation industry, it’s becoming more involved in the range of elements that make up school bus o...

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ArticlesMarch 1, 2005

Re-Assessing Route and Stop Safety

According to statistics compiled by the Kansas State Department of Education’s School Bus Safety Education Unit, there were nine loading/unloading fat...

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ArticlesFebruary 1, 2004

Routing Software the Key to Efficiency, Lowered Costs

Computers are no strangers to the classroom, and as technology has progressed and improved accordingly with society’s needs, many of these Pentium-pow...

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ArticlesDecember 1, 2003

What's New in the Top 100

No-cost option for communication upgrade Radios with telephone capabilities in addition to two-way function are used in an innovative comm...

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ArticlesJune 1, 2003

How to Squeeze Every Penny From Your Bottom Line

After 16 years as a pupil transportation consultant and 23 years in student transportation, I can say that 2003 has posed the most significant budget ...

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ArticlesFebruary 1, 2003

Spring Branch ISD Takes Two-Sided Approach to Success

Spring Branch Independent School District in Houston believes it can provide better transportation service to its students by splitting the program. O...

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ArticlesSeptember 1, 2001

How to Beat the Back-to-School Blues — or at Least Put up a Good Fight

For those of us in the school bus industry, the arrival of the fall is more than a mere change of seasons. While the leaves turn gold and are blown ab...

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