Loving pigs and clean air

My youngest daughter, DeDe, loves pigs. I’m not exactly sure why, she just does. Always has. DeDe loves pigs so much that she stopped eating pork and ...

Weather: Sun, Snow and Rainbows

Snapshots — Summer and Fall 2012

Stop and smell the roses

Some people just can’t take a hint. Or even several hints. A guy is cruising down the street in his shiny, silver sedan when, up ahead, he sees a...

Not all doom and gloom

As we monitor media outlets from all over the country to see what they have to report on pupil transportation matters, we’ve been coming across a lot ...

GPS: fleet tracking and more

Today’s systems for the pupil transportation market allow end users to monitor the location of their operation’s buses, and they can help in performing many other functions, such as route analysis and monitoring driver speed and idling.

Audi and Navistar Partnership Focused on Connected Vehicle Safety

The partnership will develop safety-enhanced connected vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology in Navistar school buses and emergency vehicles.

First Student, Maryland and Verizon

First Student Inc. has received approval from the Hamilton County (Tenn.) Board of Education to negotiate for the school system’s transportation servi...

Anthrax, Landis and First Student

Two anthrax scares The pupil transportation industry has not been immune from terrorist alerts. In September, an anthrax scare forced the evacuatio...