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SMART FOR YOUR ROUTE.
GOOD FOR THE WORLD.
TM PROPANE TECHNOLOGY
THE TIME IS RIGHT. THE TECHNOLOGY IS READY.
AND YOUR BUS IS HERE.
September 2010 COVER STORY: September, at least historically, signals
the return of millions of students to school. Vital to this annual migration are yellow school buses. But the landscape, especially in this economy, is changing. Take a ride with us this month as we ex- plore how transportation operations are rolling with the punches. Some school districts are changing the way they look at their “start-up” operations and how they are squeezing more life out of their existing school bus fleet.
COVER PHOTO: COURTESY OF COLLIN BUS
Features: 32 It’s Back to School and Back to the Buses
34 Are Refurbished School Buses the Newest Money Saving Option?
The newest clean-fuel transportation alternative. And the FIRST Type A propane-powered school bus.
www.collinsbuscorp.com 4 School Transportation News Magazine September 2010
40 Year-Round Versus Traditional Te pluses and minuses of running your routes throughout the year or getting your summers off
44 Preparation: Different Meanings to Different People Depending on where you’re located, preparing for winter can take on a num ber of different forms
46 The Ball Keeps Rolling Even after 17 years, the STN EXPO gets
bigger and better Volume IX Issue 09
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