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NAPT Performance Assessment Project to Measure Operations, Track Successes

The National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) board of directors announced that a project launched last fall at its annual conference is resulting in a variety of customized metrics that will help members improve the quality of service offered to parents and students. [Read more]
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School Bus Manufacturing Data Mirrors Nasty Economic Effects on Education

If a light exists at the end of this recessionary tunnel, it is sure taking its sweet time getting here. After a momentary production spike reported in this space last year, total school bus manufacturing output fell again during the recently concluded 2010-2011 production year, this time by more than 25 percent. [Read more]
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Iraq War Vet, Actor J.R. Martinez to Keynote 2012 STN EXPO

War hero turned actor J.R. Martinez will present the keynote address sponsored by Blue Bird Corporation during the 19th Annual STN EXPO this coming summer in Reno, Nev. [Read more]
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NTSB Recommends States Enact Bans on All Forms of Wireless Communication Behind the Wheel

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) members released "watershed" recommendations to all 50 states and the District of Columbia to outlaw all forms of wireless communication when driving. [Read more]

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A Visual Aid for Drivers Performing School Bus Pre-Trip Inspections

Greg Beaverson knows just how difficult it can be to remember the myriad number of steps required by school bus drivers during the mandated pre- and post-trip inspection process.

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