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SR Heartbreak
Following a fatal student ejection during a school bus crash in in western Ohio, NAPT called on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to clarify its position on the efficacy of lap/shoulder seatbelts inside school buses.
Read more about the Ohio crash and the letter to NHTSA from NAPT Executive Director Molly McGee-Hewitt at
stnonline.com/go/h3.
In the wake of the Ohio crash, Gov. Mike DeWine announced the creation of a School Bus Safety Working Group, which is tasked to look at not only lap/shoulder seatbelts but also school bus regulations, driver training, and crash risk factors. Learn more at
stnonline.com/go/h4. Plus, visit
stnonline.com/go/hc for a review of the first meeting.
New federal legislation was announced two weeks after the Ohio fatality. The School Bus Safety Act, introduced by Sens. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, aims to make school buses even safer by implementing recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board. Both have long been proponents of adding lap/ shoulder seatbelts on school buses. Visit
stnonline.com/go/hb.
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Almost Heaven in West Virginia & More STN EXPO Reno Takeaways
Alison Wiley, an electric school bus consultant and the founder of the Electric School Bus Newsletter, discusses sessions she atttended during the Green Bus Summit at STN EXPO Reno in July. Read her blog at
stnonline.com/go/h8.
Did You Know?
STN EXPO East is moving to North Carolina in March 2025. After a four-year run in Indianapolis, Indiana, encompassing the years impacted by COVID-19, STN Media Group chose the Charlotte Motor Speedway area as the new event host. Read more about the move at
stnonline.com/go/h9.
Justina Morosin, vice president and general manager of IC Bus, commences the awards ceremony at the STN EXPO Reno Green Bus Summit in July.
Q&A NAPT Executive Director Molly McGee-Hewitt is not new to school busing, but her eyes have been opened wide this past year to the many nuances. One of these is the lap/shoulder seatbelt issue.
Visit
stnonline.com/go/hf to read more about her goals and thoughts on the industry.
Power Plant A joint venture of Cummins, Daimler Trucks and Paccar is creating a 21-gigawatt-per- hour battery cell factory. The battery plant could eventually provide enough energy to drive the entire North American commercial truck and bus market. Production is scheduled to start in 2027. Visit
stnonline.com/go/hd.
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12 School Transportation News • OCTOBER 2023
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