Every day, millions of students board school buses trusting they will arrive safely. For transportation directors, that trust carries enormous responsibility — and the consequences of a breakdown, a missed inspection or an unsafe driver go far beyond budget impact. The challenge is that many districts still rely on reactive maintenance: fixing buses after they […]
Transfinder’s 2026 Top Transportation Teams show how culture, communication, and technology strengthen student transportation Every school transportation department has schedules to build, vehicles to maintain and daily changes to manage. The teams that perform at the highest level understand that those demands are inseparable from workplace culture. Drivers need reliable information, employees need leaders who […]
Successful school bus electrification begins before the vehicles arrive. Districts must understand daily mileage, charging windows, facility power, climate demands and funding opportunities. IC Bus approaches those decisions as part of a connected deployment strategy, with the Electric CE Series at its center. The Electric CE Series is a Type C school bus […]
Blue Bird has spent nearly a century designing and manufacturing school buses with a focus on safety, reliability and durability. The company has also established a long history in alternative-fuel transportation, introducing its first electric school bus in 1994. Today, Blue Bird offers zero-emission options in conventional and transit-style configurations, giving school districts the […]
By Molly McGee Hewitt, PhD, CAE Each year, NAPT and a variety of other organizations offer professional development opportunities in addition to ACTS26. You may attend a general session at a conference, a workshop, a PDS course, an online training session, a webinar or a Zoom class, or you may even read an insightful article. […]
2026 NAPT Hall of Fame inductee honored for more than three decades of service, mentorship and leadership in student transportation More than three decades of leadership, mentorship and commitment to professional growth earn longtime student transportation leader the profession’s highest NAPT honor For more than 30 years, Keith Henry, CDPT, has built a career […]
School bus video footage is most valuable when you can access it quickly. With legacy systems, however, reviewing an incident may require waiting for a bus to return, retrieving physical storage media, or relying on yard-based Wi-Fi and local servers. Cloud-connected systems remove those barriers by enabling authorized users to access systems remotely. That […]
By Brad Beauchamp Electric school buses have become an increasingly familiar sight, but questions about high-voltage safety remain understandable. Drivers, technicians, first responders and parents may wonder whether someone could come into contact with stored electrical energy or whether an electric bus is as safe as a bus powered by diesel, gasoline or propane. […]
The National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) Annual Awards Program honors people at every level of the profession who help make school transportation a safe and effective way for children to reach school. This year’s five recipients represent different roles and career paths. One protected students during a fast-moving emergency. Another built a career […]
For generations, the iconic yellow school bus has been synonymous with student transportation. Yet today’s transportation departments face a far more diverse set of responsibilities than simply moving large numbers of students between home and school. Special education services, preschool transportation, career and technical education, athletics, extracurricular activities, and transportation for private and parochial […]