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Newsby StaffOctober 19, 2010

Riteway Bus honored for clean air efforts

The school bus contractor receives the 2010 Taking Action for Asthma Award from the Wisconsin Asthma Coalition for such practices as establishing an idle reduction program and outfitting buses with emission control equipment. In other news, the company purchases Go Airport Connection, which provides airport shuttle services.

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Articlesby StaffOctober 5, 2010

What's New in the Top 100?

Recent developments related to six of this year's largest school district fleets in the nation.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 20, 2010

Kentucky districts take delivery of Thomas Built hybrids

Twenty Saf-T-Liner C2e hybrid school buses are being sent to 13 districts, with the last delivery scheduled for Oct. 15. The buses were purchased through a $12.9 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant to the state, which will allow for the replacement of up to 200 of its oldest buses throughout the next school year.

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Articlesby StaffJuly 1, 2010

What's New in the Top 50

Recent developments with several of this year's largest school bus contractor companies.

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Newsby StaffJune 1, 2010

Navistar, Enova announce deployment of 16 hybrid buses

Sixteen hybrid school buses will be put into service at several school districts. This deployment represents the initial large-scale utilization of U.S. Department of Energy grants for clean school buses.

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Newsby StaffMay 20, 2010

Winner named in first Canada's Greenest School contest

An essay from Burnaby (British Columbia) North Secondary student Jennifer H. wins the most votes, earning the school a hybrid school bus from IC Bus and Jennifer a $3,000 scholarship.

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Newsby StaffMay 17, 2010

Industry veteran honored for alternative-fuel efforts

Ralph Knight, transportation director for Napa (Calif.) Valley Unified School District, receives the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute’s Magic School Bus Award for implementing alternative-fuel use at his operation. The district was the first in the nation to receive Collins' Type A hybrid-electric school bus.

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Newsby StaffApril 1, 2010

Interest in Thomas Built hybrid bus grows

The school bus manufacturer reports that it has received more than three dozen orders for its new Saf-T-Liner C2e diesel-electric hybrid bus. A Texas school district is one operation that recently added 25 units to its fleet. Thomas Built says the C2e can reduce emissions and improve fuel economy by 30 percent or more.

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Newsby StaffMarch 25, 2010

Finalists named in America’s Greenest School contest

Schools in New York, California, Kentucky, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and Ohio made the list. The public has until April 2 to vote for the school that they believe is most deserving of the title.

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Newsby StaffAugust 18, 2009

Durham takes delivery of hybrid-electric school bus

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. — Durham School Services has received the first of its two NEXBUS hybrid-electric school buses from Collins Bus Corp. The f...

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