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Articlesby Thomas McMahonMay 24, 2017

Oregon District Shuns Motorcoaches, Runs ‘Yellow Charters’

With the upgraded buses, Eugene School District is bolstering safety, saving money, and providing a comfortable ride for students on activity trips. An alarming crash sealed the district’s shift away from motorcoaches.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserMay 15, 2017

Motorcoach Carrying Students Overturns, Injures 30

The motorcoach, which is transporting eighth-grade students from Philadelphia on a class trip, overturns in Maryland. Two of the injured passengers are airlifted to hospitals.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonJanuary 26, 2017

New Study Analyzes School Bus Fires

The report, commissioned by FMCSA, sheds light on the frequency and common causes of fires in school buses and motorcoaches.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 2, 2016

Cummins plans to boost engine efficiency, uptime

Under the SmartEfficiency initiative, the engine supplier will announce multiple product-line improvements over the next 12 months.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonAugust 31, 2015

Connecticut school bus operator Louis DeVivo passes

DeVivo was the owner and CEO of DATTCO, which is the ninth-largest school bus contractor in the nation and is a dealer for IC Bus and Collins.

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Motorcoach crash recalls lessons of Carrollton bus fire

In the fatal 2014 truck-motorcoach collision in California, NTSB found that there were difficulties in evacuating from the flame-engulfed motorcoach. That and other details are similar to the 1988 Carrollton bus disaster.

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Newsby StaffJuly 16, 2015

NTSB issues recommendations from 2014 truck-motorcoach crash

After investigating the Orland, California, crash in which five students were among those killed, the agency calls for motorcoach survivability enhancements.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonJune 11, 2015

School buses exempt from electronic stability control mandate

NHTSA has finalized a rule that requires electronic stability control systems on heavy trucks and some large buses, but not school buses.

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Newsby StaffMay 14, 2015

NTSB opens docket on fatal motorcoach-truck crash

Both drivers and eight motorcoach passengers were killed in the 2014 collision in California. The motorcoach was transporting high school students to Humboldt University for a campus tour.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMay 5, 2015

Bill would leave passenger carrier insurance authority with Congress

The legislation, which NSTA supports, would prevent the U.S. secretary of transportation from raising insurance minimums on the school transportation and motorcoach industries.

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