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Connected Technologies The Connected Vehicle Student Safety Pilot Program performed last April was the result of a partnership between Applied Information, Inc., Blue Bird Corporation, and Navistar, the maker of IC Bus models. In the initial phase of research, one of each school bus make owned by Fulton County School System in Georgia operated student pick-up and drop-off routes with the assistance of traffic signals that would turn green when detecting the oncoming buses. Read more about the pilot program at
stnonline.com/go/dw.
Electric-Buzz
Austin Independent School District in Texas plans to have its fleet of 500 school buses run solely on electricity by 2035. It is the first district in the state to make such a pledge. Read the article at
stnonline.com/go/dy. A bill in the U.S. Senate would
create a program for electric school bus deploy- ment with the capability to help power the grid when buses are not in use. Read about the bill at
stnonline.com/go/dz. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean School Bus Program is replacing over 2,400 school buses for cleaner emissions, and the year-one rebate is only the start. Read the details at
stnonline.com/tag/EPA.
The National Transportation Safety Board is including school buses in a call for mandatory passive-integrated alcohol im- pairment detection systems or similar technology, following an investigation into a fatal, high-speed and head-on collision between an SUV and a pickup truck last year. Learn what this means for school buses at
stnonline.com/go/dx. The National School Transportation Association addressed a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg asking to prioritize production of cutaway chassis that most Type A school bus bodies are built on. Visit
stnonline.com/go/e0 to read more.
ProAir, LLC, is liquidating its air conditioning business after more than 40 years in operation. The supplier of HVAC systems to the school bus industry, as well as to others, filed for Chapter 7 protection on Nov. 16 with the federal bankruptcy court in Delaware. Find more information at
stnonline.com/tag/HVAC. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is granting a limited five-year exemption to Rosco Vision System for after- market installation of its digital camera monitoring system (CMS) to enhance the driver’s field of vision. Read more about it at
stnonline.com/go/e1.
Web Poll: Do you conduct evacuation training more frequently for students with special needs? Vote now at
stnonline.com/polls.
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