
Almost half of respondents described their shortage as “severe” or “desperate.” About one-third said they are receiving federal funds to help with pandemic-related safety measures and retain drivers.
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The National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services reassesses details, will change location. The National Association for Pupil Transportation pivots to a series of events, starting in Texas in October.
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The National School Transportation Association supports states that end enhanced unemployment benefits and a proposed bill to redirect the benefits to signing bonuses for new hires to incentivize employment.
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Toronto Student Transportation Group is working with Gatekeeper Systems Inc. and United Safety and Survivability Corp. to install safety solutions, including internal and stop-arm cameras, on some of its school buses.
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Marietta City Schools, which was recently included in a CDC study on COVID-19 transmission in a school environment, is now using the Bus Guardian platform.
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Terry, the director of transportation at Orangeburg County (S.C.) School District, discusses providing material and emotional support during the pandemic, and frustration with motorists passing stopped school buses even with the presence of stop-arm cameras.
Read More →As the industry gets more experience managing post-pandemic operations, it has seen what changes will become the new normal. To that end, the National School Transportation Association is forming a strategic plan that will guide it over the next few years and beyond.
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W.L. Roenigk Inc. has transported Pennsylvania students for three-quarters of a century. But at that milestone, the company faced a major threat to survival: the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Suppliers provide insight on the latest air filtration offerings to combat harmful bacteria and airborne viruses like COVID-19 on the bus and how the technology can supplement operators’ daily safety procedures.
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Southampton Union Free School District is testing Trans Mist and Spray Safe System 19, which can mechanically sanitize buses between routes.
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