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U.S. Reps. Jackie Walorski and Julia Brownley’s Stop for School Buses Act would direct the U.S. DOT to review existing laws and programs in all 50 states, recommend best practices, and create a nationwide public safety campaign.
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After investigating the 2017 fatal school bus fire in Iowa, the National Transportation Safety Board recommends several new school bus safety requirements and calls for fire suppression systems on school buses.
Read More →News stories that drew the most traffic on the School Bus Fleet website in 2020 included coverage of new onboard safety practices amid COVID-19 and strategies for training and staff management.
Read More →Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent news headlines from the pupil transportation industry - including U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona's visit with school bus workers in Maine.
Read More →Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps the National School Transportation Association's annual meeting and convention in Niagara Falls.
Read More →Leading industry associations call for Congress to include the legislation in a COVID-19 stimulus package as they struggle with furloughs and layoffs of about 308,000 employees due to the pandemic.
Read More →It’s hard to believe I’ve already been at the wheel of School Bus Fleet for a year. A lot of the job has been drinking from the firehose of information – the alphabet soup of associations, the different types of buses, the varieties of equipment, the manufacturers, the rules and regulations. I’ve taken in a lot, but there’s so much more to absorb and process.
Read More →Leaders of national school bus organizations tell us why the love the big yellow school bus.
Read More →The agency launches a project to learn more about the decision-making process on whether to implement two-point or three-point belts.
Read More →Executive Editor Wes Platt offers parting thoughts as he parks the School Bus Fleet bus to focus on ultra-local community journalism, making way for someone else to take the wheel as the pupil transportation industry continues to evolve.
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