Categories: Legal/Legislative, Management

Let’s hope that NTSB will eventually be able to shed light on what caused the Iowa school bus fire and what kept the driver and student from escaping....

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10009646/trials-by-fire-california-wildfires-and-the-iowa-school-bus-tragedy

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Management, Special Needs Transportation

Consider this contrast: SBF's 2018 Fact Book listings include 10 school bus body manufacturers. Ten years ago, only six of those companies were in the market.

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10009653/like-sales-numbers-school-bus-options-are-on-the-rise

Categories: Management

Many operations have taken steps to mitigate the driver shortage, and we’ve been passing their strategies along to our readers.

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10009655/recruiting-ideas-signs-of-the-times

Categories: Management

Whether it’s a natural disaster or some other crisis, you never know when your school buses might need to come to the rescue.

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10009663/school-buses-rescue-residents-in-hurricane

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Global Fleet, Legal/Legislative, Maintenance, Management, Sustainability

A recent visit to a Southern California school district revealed the pride that the transportation team takes in their work, their fleet, and their facility.

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10009669/a-shining-example-of-school-bus-pride

Categories: Management, Safety

A Durham tour in Iowa and a Calhoun County open house in Alabama are great examples of public awareness initiatives that promote the value of pupil...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10009677/enlighten-elected-officials-on-school-transportation

Categories: Safety

Certainly, driving a school bus involves doing more than “one thing,” but every task is part of the bigger task at hand: safely transporting...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10009682/focus-on-one-thing-student-safety

Categories: Bus, Management, Paratransit, Rail, Security and Safety

In the wake of several serious rail accidents, Congress enacted tougher safety oversight requirements of states, with threats of withholding federal funds...

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10007371/publishers-perspective-is-your-state-ready-for-safety-oversight

Stop-arm awareness efforts at the local level, combined with a national push, will go a long way in making sure that all motorists know what to do when they...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10003391/prevention-is-better-than-punishment

Categories: Management

Great ideas come in many forms. What all of these innovations have in common is that they promote the role of school buses in student achievement.

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10009702/great-ideas-abound-on-the-bus