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Newsby StaffDecember 19, 2018

Top 5 Most-Viewed News Stories of 2018

News that drew the most traffic on the School Bus Fleet website this year covered illegal school bus passing, a petition for tougher penalties on stop-arm running, and student and driver fatalities in the danger zone.

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2018

Thomas Built Buses Delivers First School Bus With DD5 Engine

Henrico County (Va.) Public Schools receives the first Saf-T-Liner C2 school bus equipped with the new Detroit DD5 engine.

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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2018

Driver Safely Evacuates Students From Overturned School Bus

The Virginia bus driver evacuates students after the driver of a dump truck hits the bus from behind, causing it to flip onto its side. Five students and the bus driver suffer minor injuries.

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Newsby StaffNovember 14, 2018

5 Students Injured After Motorist Rear-Ends School Bus

A school bus is transporting 33 students from Dinwiddie County (Va.) Public Schools when a motorist crashes into the bus. Several students on board and the motorist suffered minor injuries.

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Newsby StaffOctober 17, 2018

Transportation Agency, School Bus Drivers’ Union Reach Pay Agreement

A new contract brings more than 1,000 Washington, D.C.-area bus drivers and attendants to pay parity with other government employees by the next fiscal year.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2018

School Bus Cameras Lead to More Tickets for Some Virginia Motorists

More than 5,000 drivers have been caught on camera and fined for illegally passing Richmond Public Schools buses.

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Newsby StaffAugust 10, 2018

Mom Urges HOA to Allow Special-Needs School Bus in Community

Mary Bennette-Browing of Virginia asks her homeowner’s association to reconsider a request to allow a school bus to drive into the private community to pick up her two children, who have special needs.

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Newsby StaffJuly 26, 2018

District School Bus Pilot Sees 89% Dip in Stop-Arm Violations

Albemarle County (Va.) Public Schools conducted the pilot with extended stop arms on school buses in May and June.

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Newsby StaffJuly 19, 2018

School Bus Video of Stop-Arm Running Incident Key in Fatal Crash Case

Tony Dane of Virginia is convicted of involuntary manslaughter for crashing into a car, which killed the driver. Video shows he sped past a stopped school bus moments earlier. 

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserJune 27, 2018

Virginia Districts Raising Pay to Attract, Retain School Bus Drivers

Three school districts in the Richmond area increase driver wages. One bumps pay by nearly 5%, another by 10%. 

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