School Transportation News Magazine | November 2009
CLEAN is green
Introducing PROPANE
from Collins Bus Corporation
Offering the first Type-A propane
powered school bus through an exclusive partnership with CleanFUEL USA
• Built on the GM dual rear wheel chassis
• Operates on Liquid Propane Injection system
• Reduces greenhouse emissions
• Reduces fuel costs • Extended engine life
• Meets all school bus safety standards
• Fuel range equivalent to gasoline
SPECIAL REPORT
36 Outlook for Charter Schools: Could a shift in support include more transportation options?
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TOP STORY
20 Cleaning Up the Air Around Stops Studies have shown that pesticides from local farms can drift to nearby bus stops and into children’s lungs
HEADLINES
22 Te Road to Implementation: Chicago Completes GPS Install, Los Angeles Decides
23 Giving Drivers an Audible Helping Hand
24 America’s Best Crowns Its 2009 Inspector, Technician Winners
26 BusRadio Ceases Operations to 160 School Districts Nationwide
30 Prevention Technology the Best Route to School Bus Safety?
[Table of Contents] Industry News
NEWS
INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS 14 First-ever distracted driver summit, NTSB calls for booster seat legislation and more
Analysis
MICHAEL C. HINCKLEY 56 Confessions of a Software Developer: Technology Alone Can’t Bring You Into the 21st Century
Columns
FIRST TAKE BY RYAN GRAY 08 Does a Senseless Beating of Student Morals Need Monitoring?
EDITORIAL BY STEPHANE BABCOCK 66 ‘Hold Please’
Departments
MAILBAG 10 Views and opinions from our readers
STN ONLINE 12 Highlights from around the Web
INDUSTRY Q&A 32 STN sits down with LAUSD Transportation Director Rick Boull’t
UPCOMING EVENTS 59 Monthly industry calendar
PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS
60 Te latest product offerings for the school transportation set
PEOPLE 61 Movers and shakers in the industry
MARKETPLACE 62 Classified advertising
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