In a span of just six and half hours, two Los Angeles Metro buses were the focus of dangerous and scary situations Monday. The first incident happened at around 3:15 a.m. when a Metro bus full of passengers near West Olympic and Flower Street downtown was overrun by people gathered for a street takeover involving […]
On any given school day, more than 25 million kids ride a school bus, one of the safest vehicles on the road — with one exception: the vast majority of those buses have no seatbelts. Videos of accidents involving school buses show kids bouncing around like sneakers in a dryer, and it’s not just the […]
The Czech Republic is accusing Russia of being behind an attempted arson attack following the arrest of a terrorist suspect in Prague. “It is not only possible, but very likely that Russia is involved in this case,” Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on television on Monday after a meeting of the National Security Council. “Everything […]
The Biden administration on Wednesday said it will provide funding to help school districts purchase clean school buses, most of them electric. Shown is a yellow electric school bus plugged into a charging station. (TW Farlow | Getty Images) WASHINGTON – As part of its ongoing effort to replace diesel-fueled school buses, the Biden administration […]
This article was originally published in Louisiana Illuminator. Children who ride school buses without climate control will have to continue to endure Louisiana’s extreme heat and occasional cold snaps. State legislators shelved legislation Tuesday to require buses to have heating and air conditioning throughout the vehicles. The Louisiana House of Representatives voted 56-43 to kill […]
May 14—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Government officials working together to provide basic needs for their constituents was the basic message Monday at a Cambria County Transit Authority dedication program for four new buses. “These are opportunities where a community comes to Washington and says, ‘This is important to us,’ ” U.S. Rep. John Joyce, R-Blair, said, […]
MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The planned installation of 18 electric bus charging stations and the newly constructed area of the Merced City School District’s transportation department was commemorated during a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday morning. According to the school district officials, the new area of the district’s transportation department will support a fleet of electric […]
Seven students and a driver were hospitalized when two buses bound for Carowinds crashed on Interstate 85 in Gastonia on Friday morning, police said. One of the charter bus drivers was cited for failure to reduce speed, according to a Gastonia Police Department news release. A first responder frees students and staff trapped in a […]
The Miami Township Police Department is asking for the community’s help in identifying a motorcyclist who allegedly passed stopped school buses and ran from authorities. On social media, the department said officers responded to the area of Flowerstone Drive and Verdi Drive on reports that the motorcyclist repeatedly passed stopped school buses as children were […]
CANTON − The Stark Area Regional Transit Authority said it and two other Ohio transit systems are part of a group that has received a $1.98 million federal grant to fund retrofitting buses with anti-collision technology. SARTA said it with the federal funding will install equipment with “state-of-the-art collision avoidance technology” on three of its […]
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) has announced plans to acquire five new diesel buses, a purchase that would contradict the transit operator’s goal of having an “emissions-free” bus fleet by 2035. TCAT officials have stated that the new acquisitions will enhance service and reliability for riders as the organization grapples with continued staffing shortages, untimely […]
Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal. Ninety new buses are making their way from Livermore, California, to Walt Disney World. They’re not driving all at once, though depending on when they come off the line at Gillig, the manufacturer, they may travel […]