School BUSRide recently spoke with Charlie Hood, executive director of the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS). Hood will retire in March after a career spanning almost 40 years. How did you first get into the school bus and school transportation industry? I started out in education, having graduated from Florida […]
Polser Composite Materials Corporation along with its Polser USA (Elkhart, Indiana) operation announced that its Antimicrobial (AMB) Technology has been tested against COVID-19 and has been found to be 99 percent effective in killing the deadly pathogen on surfaces. Polser Composite Materials Corporation in Izmir, Turkey is a global leader in the development and manufacturer […]
School BUSRide spoke with Kevin Moore, CEO of SOBRsafe™, about touch-based alcohol detection and the difference it can make for school transportation Kevin Moore, Chief Executive Officer, said that for he and SOBRsafe™, child safety represents a chance to make a societal difference with breakthrough technology. Originally formed by venture capital firm First Capital Ventures, […]
The Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS) has released a new COVID-19 Key Preparedness and Response Considerations Fact Sheet addressing the risk of COVID-19 in school settings. According to REMS, “Federal partners have created a variety of resources and tools to help organizations, including schools and school districts, understand mitigation […]
As COVID-19 has drastically changed the landscape of schools and student transportation across the country, the American School Bus Council is bringing the industry together virtually to celebrate Love the Bus Month. A new online video campaign entitled “Big Yellow Valentine,” will help to educate parents, school officials, lawmakers, and the public about the essential […]
Despite a pandemic that closed schools and idled school buses for much of the year, Transfinder Corporation recorded its 23rd consecutive year of revenue growth, reporting $18.9 million in revenue, a 13 percent increase over $16.75 million in 2019. Driving the revenue growth was the release of Transfinder’s long-awaited Routefinder PLUS browser-based solution in April. […]
Queen Anne’s County Public Schools and the Office of the Sheriff are proud to announce a new partnership with BusPatrol. All 112 school buses in the school district’s fleet are now equipped with advanced safety technology including cloud-connected stop-arm cameras to capture drivers that illegally pass stopped school buses. Every day, more than 7,400 […]
First Student, Inc., First Transit, Inc., and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC today announced they have entered into a framework agreement and are working toward a joint venture to pursue the electrification of tens of thousands of school and public transportation vehicles across the U.S. and Canada. The collaboration brings together North America’s market leaders in […]
DATTCO, Inc., New England’s premier bus dealership, has added the Collins® Type A All-Electric School Bus to its inventory. Collins’ all-electric buses are environmentally friendly and offer up to 85% in operating and maintenance savings as well as an innovative structural design ensuring additional safety. The Collins electric school bus utilizes Motiv Power Systems™ Electric […]
Thomas Built Buses has announced that the WABCO OnGuardACTIVE collision mitigation system from ZF is now available as a factory-installed option for Saf-T-Liner C2 diesel school buses equipped with air disc brakes. OnGuardACTIVE is a radar-based collision mitigation system that enables collision warning, active braking and adaptive cruise control. Using forward-looking long-range radar to detect objects up to […]