INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS Industry Trans/Air Manufacturing is donating a portion of all parts
sales this summer to 2010 STN EXPO keynote speaker John Walsh’s foundation, the National Center for Missing & Exploit- ed Children. For more information visit
www.transairmfg.com. Walsh keynotes a late-afternoon general session sponsored by Blue Bird Corporation and Bus Watch by REI on July 26.
Tomas Built Buses announced it had received more than
three dozen orders for the Saf-T-Liner® C2e diesel-electric hybrid school bus that has been available to customers since last July. Te C2e was developed from a prototype that reduced emissions and improved fuel economy by 30 percent and reduced brake wear and component maintenance. In other news, Tomas in- vited children across North America to enter the fifth annual Children’s Choice School Bus Driver of the Year essay contest. For more information visit
www.thomasbus.com/contest.
Student Transportation Inc., announced that subsidiary,
Positive Connections, Inc., was awarded a contract renewal to provide transportation services to Eastern Carver County School District 112 in Minnesota. Te extension covers a two-year term
with the option to renew for an additional two years, valued at just over $4 million per school year with annual increases provided. PCI will replace more than 20 percent of the fleet with newly-designed, propane-fueled school vehicles with the anticipation that the dis- trict will approve more throughout the life of the contract.
Radio Engineering Industries will market its full line of audio/
video, surveillance mobile wireless, GPS and external observation products to River Park Inc., of Elkhart, Ind., a national mobile audio distributor. River Park will work directly with commercial ve- hicle OEMs to offer mobile audio/video and security applications.
Navistar dropped a lawsuit against the California Air Resources
Board after originally charging CARB with improperly certifying 2010 diesel engines using SCR. Te company said it believed the CARB certifications would allow the SCR-equipped vehicles to run for extended periods of time without a control of the NOx emis- sions even after the DEF ran out. Te lawsuit was dismissed after CARB agreed that EPA 2009 guidance documents, which contained the allowance, would not become board policy. Navistar also re- solved its challenge of the EPA guidelines in early May. ■
Today’s Seat Tomorrow’s Standard.
C.E. White’s student safety seats meet and exceed all Federal FMVSS requirements including the Quasi Static Test required for all 3pt lap/shoulder belt school bus seats.
The New 39” Student Safety Seat
A moveable center buckle adjusts to fi t up to three passengers, regardless of their heights. It’s single frame construction allows the seat to be the same thickness as a standard seat yet, fi t 3 students, resulting in zero loss of occupancy.
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