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Test Driving the BYD Type-A Battery-Electric School Bus

BYD introduced its Type A battery-electric school bus to the United States in January, marking the company’s second foray into the North American market after it debuted a larger Type D model in 2021. BYD is the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, having delivered over 80,000 electric buses globally. In the United States market, […]

Interview: New NAPT Board Members

In November, the National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) announced the re-elections and election of four NAPT Board members: School BUSRide spoke to all four Board members about how the association plans to use a mix of tenured, experienced leadership combined with fresh outlooks to help propel its members forward in 2023. They also discussed […]

Liberty Public Schools Earns Fleet Excellence Award with Propane School Buses

Liberty Public Schools is a 17-campus school district that sits just outside Kansas City, Missouri, and encompasses 85 square miles. The district runs 143 bus routes for 4,200 students daily, requiring the use of 88 school buses. In 2019, several of those buses were diesel models that were aging out of their lifecycle. In 2020, […]

Collins® delivers all-electric type A school bus to Colorado’s first all-electric fleet

  Collins Bus, a subsidiary of REV Group, Inc. and an industry leader in manufacturing Type A School Buses, Multi-Function School Activity Buses (MFSAB), childcare buses and electric/alternative fuel buses has delivered an all-electric Type A school bus to Peak to Peak Charter School, which operates Colorado’s first all-electric school bus fleet. The K-12 charter public school, […]

EverDriven hires global leader in customer care

EverDriven Technologies, the leader in alternative student transportation for school districts nationwide, announced that Todd Provino has joined the company or team as Senior Vice President of Operations, responsible for building out operational efficiencies and expanding and developing the company’s internal and field operations teams. Provino has more than 20 years of experience in customer […]

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Dr. Molly McGee-Hewitt, NAPT Executive Director & CEO

NAPT Executive Director & CEO DR. Molly McGee-Hewitt The National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) and the NAPT Foundation have announced that Dr. Molly McGee-Hewitt is the new executive director and CEO for both associations. McGee-Hewitt brings over 25 years of experience in public education and association management and leadership. She previously served in executive […]

School Bus Safety Company Revolutionizes Training

For more than 12 years, the School Bus Safety Company (SBSC) has been at the forefront of the pupil transportation industry’s safety trends and regulations with its school bus driver training programs. The School Bus Safety Company’s team of performance improvement experts – with vast expertise in fleet operations and safety, industrial psychology, instructional design […]

Olympia School District Tracks Trips with Transfinder

Olympia School District in Olympia, Washington knows the value of safe and efficient planning and communication methodologies. Home to 12 elementary schools, two high schools, four middle schools, a transition school and a Montessori school, Olympia SD transports over half of its 11,000 students on a fleet of 100 buses via 55 daily routes. According […]

Reichert Bus Modernizes Trip Processes with busHive

  Dating back to its launch in 1947 with a single school bus, Reichert Bus Service has used its exceptional team and comprehensive services to grow today to 71 daily school district routes, six motorcoaches on the road daily for school sporting events and charter bookings, and a full International Certified maintenance shop. In 2021, […]

Somers Central School District captures nearly 300 motorists illegally passing stopped school buses

BusPatrol and the Somers Central School District today released new data showing nearly 300 motorists that illegally passed a stopped school buses over a two-month period.  BusPatrol and the school district also released several videos of close encounters, providing the public a firsthand look into the dangerous driving behavior that routinely endangers young children when getting […]