Category: Transportation

A Jet-Powered School Bus Is Trying To Keep Kids Off Drugs

I thought I had seen just about every kind of repurposed bus possible, from traveling homes and community kitchens to art studios. But, Paul Stender’s “School Time” school bus is unlike any other. Stender equipped his bus with a 42,000 horsepower jet engine originally made for an F-4 Phantom fighter plane, and while he admits… Read more »

“Joey’s First Bus Ride” Teaches The Most Important Points of Bus Safety

Myke Obstaculo, from the Pinellas County Schools transportation department in Florida, walks his son, Joey, through how to safely board and ride the bus in this video that many young parents can benefit from. If your child is riding the bus or may be taking one in the future, it is always important to walk… Read more »

How Public Transportation Is Essential To Our Society

Buses and our public transportation system as a whole are often taken for granted. While most people only see the simple services that buses provide, these services make up the foundation for our entire society. Peter W. Cookson of the American Institutes of Research gave a presentation at the recent STN EXPO on exactly this… Read more »

Some Ride The Bus To School, Others Use It To Explore New Places

While buses are increasingly flooding the streets in accord with the reopening of schools across America, there are plenty other who are using buses for their own personal adventures and enjoyment. Blue Bird Buses recently shared one such bus being used to provide tours around Aruba. With my love of repurposed and customized buses, there… Read more »

Local Police Ask Parents To Let Children Ride The Bus

Buses are often taken for granted. While we appreciate their convenience and safety, you rarely hear anyone outside the bus industry mention how buses improve traffic conditions significantly. As schools opened this week, a local school learned the hard way. Broken Arrow has been experiencing high amounts of school traffic and police have now asked… Read more »

Susan Hamre Offers Tips For Improving School Bus Transportation For Students With Autism

Susan Hamre, a speech pathologist at the Giant Steps autism organization located near Chicago, spoke on Tuesday at School Transportation News’ EXPO to offer insight that could greatly improve the transportation quality of special needs passengers. Hamre has worked with individuals with autism for decades and now runs her own private practice in New Mexico… Read more »

Using a School Bus to Bring Books to Children All Summer

  The new school year is coming up, and when classes resume teachers will be forced to spend the first few weeks reviewing information the students had already learned the year before. This is due to what is known as the “summer slide” or the drop in test scores that occurs between June and September… Read more »

New Pennsylvania Law Allows For Longer Buses

Until this week, Pennsylvania has been one of 5 states to limit bus sizes to 40 feet, rather than the 45 feet accepted throughout most of the country. That changed on Tuesday when Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett signed Senate Bill 1312 into law, amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to permit school… Read more »

School May Be Out But Buses Run All Year

We are smack dab in the middle of summer and everyone is taking advantage of the long sunny days for everything from fishing and fireworks to parades and grilling. It’s a wonderful time of year to be able to take off and relax, but it is also important to remember that the end of the… Read more »

Parents Protest Transportation Cuts in New Jersey

Just a day after discussing the ramifications of cutting budgets for school transportation, parents from Lakewood, New Jersey are participating in a protest of proposed plans to cut “courtesy busing.” Currently, both nonpublic and public school students who live within 2.5 miles of their schools in the area can ride a public school bus from… Read more »