One of the highest expenses for school bus fleets is the cost of fuel, but School Bus Fleet reports diesel prices are at their lowest point in 2 years and may continue to drop. The average on-highway price for diesel in the U.S. has dropped to $3.801 per gallon as of this morning, according to… Read more »
The Kansas State Department of Education has shared a set of safety recommendations with school districts to help educate employees, students, and parents about bus safety. This obviously isn’t uncommon, as most schools share bus safety guides to students and employees near the beginning of the school year, but the guide KSDE shared covers all… Read more »
Jonny Cohen has been wondering about how to improve school bus energy efficiency since he was a seventh-grader. Now a 19-year-old sophomore at Columbia University, Cohen can say he has completed his task. “They’re an overlooked form of transportation,” Cohen told The Global Jewish News Source, who conducted a recent interview with the mechanical engineering… Read more »
As a person who often has to duck when on a school bus, I’m all the familiar with the risk of head injuries. This isn’t helped by the number of tools and bus accessories which attach to the roof of the vehicle such as fans and bus monitoring equipment like cameras. Thankfully, REI has unveiled… Read more »
I’ve showcased several converted buses to highlight the endless possibilities a school bus can offer to those who think outside the box, but all this time one of the most astounding repurposed buses I’ve seen is one of the very first I found online. I shared architecture student Hank Butitta’s project in which he bought… Read more »
In the past, I’ve talked a bit about the history of school buses and how they became such a prominent part of transportation and education in North America and even around the globe. But, school buses aren’t the only mass transportation vehicle that has undergone an extensive transformation from their earliest versions. Like school buses,… Read more »
Michigan State Police’s School Bus Inspection Unit is using relatively new technology in a new way to help school districts, contractors, and dealers to manage their fleets within one system. The school bus inspection unit spent the past year developing the system which would allow them to implement QR technology on every one of the… Read more »
At the end of July I covered the debate flaring up around Boston School District’s decision to equip all 750 school buses with cameras that record both audio and video. While the debate has continued on, little word had gotten out about how the school would respond to the criticism until yesterday. Thursday, Boston school officials… Read more »
Just as the school re-opening season is winding down, wiper blade supplier Trico Products Corp. has released its 2014/2015 Heavy Duty Application Guide to help school districts keep visibility a priority. The guide is organized by product line, vehicle year, make and mode, and provides details on all TRICO wiper blade products available to school… Read more »
Buses and our public transportation system as a whole are often taken for granted. While most people only see the simple services that buses provide, these services make up the foundation for our entire society. Peter W. Cookson of the American Institutes of Research gave a presentation at the recent STN EXPO on exactly this… Read more »
