DRIVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1991
NSTA OBTAINS BIPARTISAN HOUSE SUPPORT TO OPPOSE PENDING FMCSA SLEEP APNEA RULE
Te nation's school-bus contractor ssociation said 22 House mem- bers signed a letter to FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro that outlines opposition to federal guidance on obstructive sleep apnea and other sleep disorders for commercial drivers. In May, FMCSA Assistant Administrator Jack Van Steenburg told attendees of the Zonar “ZONE” User Conference in San Antonio, Texas, that a proposed sleep apnea regulation would be released by the end of the year. NSTA has been critical of the rulemaking because of the burden it places on private commercial carriers. NSTA estimates that it would cost the private school bus industry more than $100 million to screen, diagnose and treat school bus drivers who suffer from sleep apnea. Association members again reached out to congressional members in
April during the association’s annual springboard meeting and “Bus In” at the Capitol. NSTA solicited support from both Democrats and Repub- licans on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Small Business Committee to sign a letter from Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI) to Ferro. Te letter asked her to utilize a formal rulemaking process, which would require a full cost-benefit analysis and other economic justifications. FMCSA said 13 percent of all commercial truck crashes are caused
by drivers with sleep apnea and other sleep disorders. Currently, indi- vidual states adopt their own safety standards for commercial drivers, which may or may not include regulations on sleep apnea.
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Houston ISD Wins National
Fleet Sustainability Award Te Houston Independent School District received the 2013 Excellence in Public Fleet Sustainability award from the National Association of Fleet Administrators (NAFA) for its dedication to alternative fuels. Mark Swackhamer, Houston ISD’s senior manager of fleet
operations, accepted the award at the May 2 event in Atlantic City, N.J. Te Fleet Excellence Award, or “Flexy,” was granted based on specific document criteria from key performance in- dicators, including the fleet’s composition of conventional fuel vehicles versus those powered by alt fuels. Houston ISD added 27 propane-autogas school buses to the fleet in 2011, and then another 58 propane buses and 27 propane vans. Te district operates about 850 school buses that transport 31,000 students daily throughout a 301-square-mile area. NAFA also considered employee involvement and supporting
programs in selecting Houston ISD over the Washington State Department of Transportation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Houston drivers monitor engine idling, and all transportation staff recycle “everything from batteries and oil filters to engine and transmission fluids,” the district said. Houston ISD is also the only school district in the state to
partner with the University of Houston to research school bus filters that convert engine emissions into water and nitrogen gas.
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