Blue Bird released its own data that claims SCR technology of the Cummins ISB diesel engine can achieve a more than 12-percent overall increase in fuel economy than Advanced EGR technology, depending on the engines tested.

Eastern Carver County Schools in Minnesota says it saved more than $67,000 during the 2011-2012 school year alone by switching to propane power for its transportation fleet.

More than 1,400 All American transit-style and Vision conventional school buses are being recalled to fix roof hatches that fail to meet FMVSS 217 on "Bus Emergency Exits and Window Retention and Release."

Navistar, the parent company of IC Bus, announced it has fixed four model year 2007, 2009 and 2011 CE Series school buses with wheelchair lifts.

The filing of creditor protection in late March by Azure Dynamics Corporation is unlikely to have any long-term effect on an exclusive partnership with Collins Bus Corporation to build the hybrid-electric drive train for the Type A NEXBUS, said spokesmen from both companies.