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work, but in their personal lives as well. We were recently voted one of Long Island’s Top Work- places by our employees, and that is a testament to all that we do to provide a safe, fun and enriching work environment.” In that regard, STS does not
The winners of a recent safety competition hosted by the New York School Bus Contractors Association were all Suffolk Transportation Service team members. Pictured, from left: Karyn Such, assistant director of safety & training operations; Doris Forino, transportation supervisor (formerly a large school bus driver); Frank Klein, director of safety & training operations; and Thomas W. Smith, executive director of operations and business development. Photo by PC Public Affairs.
subcontract any of its school transportation service. “But we’re always looking for ways to bring greater efficiencies and savings to our custom- ers,” Corrado said. “One of the things we do is operate lower cost vehicles, like Chevy Tahoes, when we have to transport a few passengers on longer routes.” Several other issues are
coming down the pike that may involve changing to alter- nate fuels, electric power and possibly securing grants. “We have always prided ourselves
on being at the forefront of integrating alternative fuel and alternative-powered school buses into our fleet,” Corrado said. “Prior to the major school bus manufacturers announcing they were introducing electric school buses to the market, we actually developed our own hybrid-electric school bus. But now that the technology and government incentives—like those supported by the VW settlement—are making the total cost of ownership more economical, we’ve [placed] an order for four electric Blue Bird school buses.” STS looks forward to deploy- ing them, Corrado stressed. “We encouraged Blue Bird to focus on all-electric buses, because we are seeing growing demand from our school dis- trict partners,” he concluded. ●
48 School Transportation News • JUNE 2019
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