Categories: Management, Special Needs Transportation

With new ride-fulfilling features, team support, and city expansions, the service boosts its reach during back-to-school.

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10245997/hopskipdrive-rolls-out-back-to-school-innovations-and-state-expansions

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Categories: Safety

Verra Mobility partnered with local officials in Clark County to analyze vehicle speeds at schools in the county. See what they found.

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10245917/las-vegas-area-schools-show-alarming-speeding-patterns

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Categories: Management

Fourteen schools in the state will test GoKid's carpool solution for the 2025–26 school year, which connects school families together to coordinate...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10245778/hawaii-pilots-carpooling-platform-to-ease-driver-shortage-strain

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Categories: Management

Two new C-suite executives join the alternative transportation provider, as well as two new VPs. The additions align with the company's focus on innovation...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10245742/everdriven-expands-executive-leadership-team

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Categories: Safety

How do we make the safest ride even safer? On this episode of The Route, hear from Meg Sweeney, NTSB investigator, about what we’ve learned as an industry...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10245753/safety-lessons-from-school-bus-accidents-video

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Categories: Alternative Fuels, Management

Thinking about electric school buses? Transitioning to EVs brings big benefits—cleaner air, cost savings, and funding opportunities—but also hidden...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/management/10245534/uncovering-the-hidden-complexities-of-fleet-electrification

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Categories: Management

Tour Palmer Bus Service’s new Princeton, MN, facility with interviews from the site manager and a school bus driver. Check out the on-site fueling and...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10245860/inside-palmer-bus-new-princeton-location-video

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Categories: Alternative Fuels, Batteries/Tech, Charging, Electric Vehicles, Operations

Fremont Unified School District welcomes new electric school bus charging infrastructure with help from The Mobility House. The V2G installation is one of...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10245774/california-district-unveils-v2g-charging-system

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Categories: Safety

Leander ISD students were hospitalized after their bus rolled into an embankment in northwest Austin, leaving three with serious injuries. Here’s what we know.

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10245822/texas-elementary-students-injured-after-school-bus-rolls-over

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Categories: Alternative Fuels

Through a partnership with contractor, Kobussen Buses, the district will operate 20 new Blue Bird Vision Propane buses.

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10245809/wisconsin-district-unveils-first-propane-school-buses

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