Buses are often taken for granted. While we appreciate their convenience and safety, you rarely hear anyone outside the bus industry mention how buses improve traffic conditions significantly. As schools opened this week, a local school learned the hard way. Broken Arrow has been experiencing high amounts of school traffic and police have now asked… Read more »
There are many ways that families can celebrate the beginning of the school year. Typically this takes the form of back to school shopping, earlier bedtimes, and a bit of extra encouragement when the day finally arrives. The Holderness family decided to celebrate a little differently – with a viral music video. In honor of… Read more »
With school transportation costs growing and school budgets seemingly shrinking more and more, school districts across the nation are attempting to find creative solutions to offset costs. While some schools are seeking and using grants to gain alternative fuel buses which cost less to operate and maintain, others are forced to make hard choices. Some… Read more »
With schools reopening around the country, it is important to remember why school buses are the chosen bus to get our children to and from school safely every day. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and American School Bus Council is helping parents know their children are safe with posters like the one above, and… Read more »
Every fleet depends on efficiency. It’s what keeps the costs down and makes the buses arrive on time every morning. Still, no matter how efficient you think your fleet is there is always room to trim some fat. School Bus Fleet writer Thomas McMahon has 15 ways you can increase your fleet’s efficiency this upcoming… Read more »
With less than a month before schools resume across the country, many parents and students are facing the reality of budget cuts that could significantly affect the way children access schools. With over 20 states proposing or implementing budget cuts, schools are forced to cut services that many rely on every day, including school buses…. Read more »
Last week, Blue Bird Buses and ROUSH CleanTech, which produces propane autogas fuel systems and tanks, released a case study on propane autogas buses in use in Washingtonville Central School District (WCSD), which helps show just how much propane fueled buses are able to save school district bus fleets. The study shows that WCSD, located… Read more »
Between school districts using buses for longer than ever and the rising number of fleets which incorporate restored older buses, bus maintenance and care have never been more important. For most transportation directors, maintenance boils down to engine care and ensuring every bus is fully functional. But, as summer winds down there is also the… Read more »
Last month I showed off a bus being used by Manatee County School District to help feed children throughout the summer, but it appears Denver has been running a similar program on a larger scale for years with a full program using buses to give children throughout the entire area free and filling lunches until… Read more »
Until this week, Pennsylvania has been one of 5 states to limit bus sizes to 40 feet, rather than the 45 feet accepted throughout most of the country. That changed on Tuesday when Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett signed Senate Bill 1312 into law, amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to permit school… Read more »
