BusPatrol: Technology, Leadership & the Future of School Bus Safety BusPatrol has become a recognized name in school bus safety. How do you describe your role in the student transportation ecosystem today? BusPatrol is a mission-driven public safety company. We’re focused on one thing and one thing only: making the ride to and from school […]
By Molly McGee-Hewitt, PhD, CAE NAPT Executive Director & CEO So often in leadership and hiring, we focus on experience, training, and licenses. School district HR offices verify employment and credentials and ensure that all requirements are checked off. They do an excellent job of confirming that applicants meet the established criteria. What we […]
In January 2026, the National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) launched an ambitious 16-month public awareness initiative designed to elevate the story of student transportation across America. Titled Driven Together, this campaign represents more than a communications effort—it is a unified movement to celebrate, protect, and strengthen the yellow school bus as the safest and […]
By Peter Mannella Significant federal policy developments are underway that could impact driver testing requirements and clean school bus funding. What should a motor carrier do to assess a CMV driver’s English language proficiency (ELP) during the driver qualification process? Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has announced recently that DOT and the FMCSA were […]
By Molly McGee Hewitt, PhD, CAE Every school day across North America, millions of families place their trust in a simple promise: the school bus will arrive to safely deliver children to school and return home the same way. That promise is delivered, quietly and reliably, by the yellow school bus. From rural roads […]
Jonathan Adkins Governors Highway Safety Association Every day, student transportation professionals carry one of the most important responsibilities in education, safely moving millions of students to and from school. While the school bus itself is incredibly safe, we all know some of the biggest risks happen outside the bus, at the stop, on neighborhood roads, […]
Please introduce yourself and tell us about your career in pupil transportation. I got into this industry in the 1980s. At the time, I owned a recycling business as a young entrepreneur. My business was located across the highway from a bus depot. As I understand now how difficult it is to find drivers, the […]
By Mash Angolkar Safety has always been the foundation of the school bus industry. Today, however, safety is no longer defined by a single feature or regulation. It is the result of deliberate engineering decisions, including how systems communicate, how drivers interact with technology, and how vehicles are designed from the ground up to support […]
By Brad Beauchamp School buses are the safest form of on-road transportation in the United States, bar none. Every day, roughly 480,000 school buses transport about 25 million students to and from school. That remarkable safety record did not happen by accident. It is the result of decades of engineering focus, regulatory evolution, and […]
By Molly McGee Hewitt, PhD, CAE 2026 is here. The school year is in full swing. It’s Love the Bus Month. So… now what? Each year, as we prepare the Love the Bus campaign, we remain mindful that our members already carry full schedules and heavy workloads. Running a transportation department, serving as a […]