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WEBSchool Bus Driver Could Face Over 20 Years in Prison for DWI. A former North Carolina school bus driver arrested for allegedly driving students while impaired is charged with committing 60 misdemeanors for the Aug. 29...
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Data Tells Story of School Transportation-related Fatalities, Injuries
WEBSep 5, 2023 · NHTSA said an average of 111 fatalities per year (for a total of 1,110 fatalities) occur in school transportation related crashes, 70 percent of which were occupants of other vehicles. When looking at the 206 school-age children who died in school transportation related crashes from 2012-2021, NHTSA stated that 42 were occupants of school ...
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WEBSchool Transportation News (STN), is a monthly business-to-business news magazine serving the field of pupil transportation. The magazine reaches more than 26,000 monthly readers who are qualified by BPA Worldwide, and an additional 95,000 people, based on a survey of pass-along readership provided by an outside consultant.
Michigan’s Dean Transportation Named NSTA Contractor …
WEBAug 1, 2022 · Special needs school bus contractor Dean Transportation won its latest Contractor of the Year Award at the National School Transportation Association Annual Meeting and Convention in Niagara Falls, New York.. School Transportation News joined NSTA as the sponsor of the inaugural company award this year. Kellie Dean, the company owner and president, was first named a winner of the previous ...
Advanced Warning of Electric School Bus Fires Key to Prompt …
WEBJuly 1, 2022. A fire suppression system installed in the engine compartment of a West Virginia school bus demonstrates technology now available to squelch fires, or at least slow them to aid in student evacuation. But they need to work differently for electric school buses. Lithium-ion batteries have earned a fair share of notoriety of late ...
New Pegasus Bus Manufacturer Opens Ohio Plant
WEBDec 22, 2021 · Pegasus Specialty Vehicles is ramping up to begin production on new small- and medium-sized school buses. The company based in Dunkirk, Ohio, was officially formed earlier this year. Brian Barrington, president of Pegasus, announced on Tuesday the opening of the body upfitting facility to produce diesel, gasoline and electric models that will ...
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WEBMarch 2024. This month's issue highlights the challenges of routing and how technology can help. Read more about the RFP process, utilizing A.I. intelligence software for multiple transportation needs, driver hiring concerns and the important discussion around finding out exactly how many students are transported by the yellow school bus.
A New Way of Conducting Evacuation Drills
WEBMay 19, 2021 · A New Way of Conducting Evacuation Drills. At the onset of COVID-19, transportation leaders had to find creative ways to keep their staff and students trained in a myriad of topics, despite virtual learning nationwide. Ensuring proper distancing between students and limiting exposure time during emergency evacuation drills has …
Student Transportation Spending Dropped During Pandemic, Early …
WEBOct 6, 2021 · Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected at least 55.1 million students in 124,000 U.S. public and private schools nationwide, the report indicated that student transportation and food services, which had to pivot if not shutdown completely during moves to virtual learning, experienced slower growth within 10-years of spending than the other categories