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The director of transportation for Montgomery County (Md.) Public Schools talks driver recruitment, stop-arm cameras, seat belts, and the workings of a large district operation.
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This year’s NASDPTS and NAPT conferences will be held in Cincinnati, covering such topics as student behavior challenges, stop-arm violations and maintaining a transportation program under serious budget restraints. The NAPT trade show will feature more than 100 exhibits from industry suppliers.
Read More →Kicking off his second year as NASDPTS president, Mike Simmons focuses on promoting pupil transportation with other associations and the feds. He also aims to get more states involved in a national stop-arm running survey.
Read More →What else can be done to protect students from stop-arm runners while they cross the street? There’s one approach that, despite its long record of effectiveness, is only required in one state.
Read More →A recent Verra Mobility survey reports that 82% of parents support safety cameras to penalize stop-arm violators and 70% favor automated enforcement in school zones.
Read More →We have crossing guards to help students safely cross the street around schools. Why not have a built-in crossing guard on every school bus?
Read More →The Senate Education Committee approves bills on installing stop-arm cameras; requiring lap-shoulder belts and sensors to alert drivers when a child walks in front of the bus; and a training program on interacting with special-needs students.
Read More →The survey returns after being sidelined for two years by the COVID-19 pandemic. It closes on May 27.
Read More →Central Dauphin School District in Harrisburg has partnered with law enforcement and BusPatrol for a new school bus safety program.
Read More →Home surveillance video shows a 7-year-old New Hampshire boy nearly getting hit by a car as he crosses the road to board his stopped school bus.
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