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After recruiting nearly 50 members of the House to sign a letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, industry members are being urged to contact their senators. The letter asks LaHood to allocate funding for a public education program to promote school bus use.
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Joandrea McAtee of Indiana is apparently seen on video letting a student drive her bus, and parents tell the school district she let students take turns driving. She is fired and arrested for felony neglect.
Read More →The Oak Ridge Board of Education is bringing back school bus service to about 1,300 of 1,800 students who had been affected by an expanded “parent responsibility zone,” following protests from parents and grandparents. The zone was expanded to 1.5 miles in June in an effort to reduce a $1.25 million budget deficit.
Read More →The report, commissioned by FMCSA, sheds light on the frequency and common causes of fires in school buses and motorcoaches.
Read More →Staff members of Concord (Mich.) Public Schools find flattened tires on 10 school buses, leaving a significant portion of the fleet inoperable.
Read More →A school bus tries to cross railroad tracks when the crossing arm goes through the bus, breaks windows, and lands in a student’s lap. No one was injured, but some students might have cuts from the glass.
Read More →School officials in British Columbia say that the bus driver evacuated the passengers in this case because the downed wires had sparked a small fire. However, the officials say, "Normally passengers are advised to stay inside the vehicle if live electrical wires are a factor."
Read More →Harmoney Harper and her brother were waiting outside for the school bus in Wichita when she reportedly entered the street where the bus was driving.
Read More →Jason Johnson of Arkansas attempts to stop the bus from rolling down a hill after the air brake releases, but is killed while trying to get back on board.
Read More →It’s your end-of-year school bus industry update! Get details on the latest data from school bus loading & unloading fatalities, speeding, updates from the FMCSA and OEMs, and more. The Route is sponsored by Thomas Built Buses.
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