Expert Dispatchers Strengthen the Team
Dispatchers impact all aspects of the transportation department, from day-to-day operations to public relations to employee morale. Sharpening their skills will improve operations as a whole.
October 25, 2010
Dispatchers impact all aspects of the transportation department, from day-to-day operations to public relations to employee morale. Sharpening their skills will improve operations as a whole.
October 25, 2010
It’s great to see bus technicians and transportation managers asking for help with problems and getting solid answers from someone who could be hundreds or thousands of miles away.
October 14, 2010
Proponents have developed counterpoints to each of the most common arguments against installing seat belts on school buses, including loss of capacity, problems during evacuations and passengers using seat belts as weapons. Unsurprisingly, cost is the biggest obstruction.
September 23, 2010
After instituting a defensive driving focus in its training program, one district decreased reportable accidents by 33 percent.
August 24, 2010
Here at SBF, we’ve been blogging quite a bit about road safety and safe driving, a particularly good topic in light of the school year ramping up. Bus drivers face the prospect of encountering not-so-friendly fellow motorists on our nation’s roads . . .
August 23, 2010
Manufacturers of fire suppression systems for school buses provide product details and discuss the benefits of installation.
August 2, 2010
Topics of debate included a revision that would have made crossing arms mandatory on school buses — delegates rejected the change.
June 24, 2010
I got caught up in an interesting reality TV show this spring that followed celebrity chef Jamie Oliver as he worked to change the school food system in Huntington, W.Va. . . .
June 21, 2010
Putting an excellent driver behind the wheel of a school bus is the end result of a long search, from putting the call out for qualified candidates to background checks and interviews. Experts weigh in on fine-tuning the process.
June 1, 2010
School bus operators use video surveillance systems to resolve disputes and as sources of evidence in accidents or onboard incidents. Some are also using video in training drivers and recovering the costs of vandalism.
April 9, 2010
Although SBF editors spend most of their time behind a desk, it’s also part of our job to visit school bus operations on a regular basis and get the “boots-on-the-ground” view of the pupil transportation industry.
March 29, 2010
School bus contractors offer insights on the advantages of contracting in the current economic climate as well as the impact of state and national regulatory issues.
March 12, 2010
We found from speaking with executives at school bus contractor companies featured in the March issue's contractor roundtable that competition is "brutal" and prices being quoted are lower now than ever before.
March 12, 2010
St. Louis-based EMT has found a market in assisting school districts with special-needs and homeless student transportation. After launching in St. Louis, franchises have been established in nine states.
February 17, 2010
SCHOOL BUS FLEET conducts an annual survey of special-needs transportation providers for our February issue. Not only do we try to keep tabs on long-term trends, like the rate of growth of the population of special-needs students being transported, but we also try to ask school bus operators something new each year.
January 25, 2010
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