PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — School buses in Portsmouth will be equipped with stop-arm cameras by April 8, Portsmouth Public Schools said. There will be a 30-day warning period before drivers face a $250 fine if they do not stop for school buses. Those who do not stop for buses with the stop-arm extended during the […]
A former school bus driver was ordered held behind bars with no bail on Friday as he awaits trial after being accused of setting fire to two Utah school buses, one filled with children, authorities said. Michael Austin Ford, 58, of West Valley City, a Salt Lake City suburb, was ordered detained without bail by […]
Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov held urgent talks with Polish National Security Bureau head Jacek Siewiera regarding ongoing protests on the shared border, namely the reported blocking of buses, the Infrastructure Ministry said on Feb. 19. Polish farmers launched a new wave of protests at the border earlier in February, protesting imports from Ukraine and […]
Feb. 10—Last week, the state’s School Bus Safety Working Group issued 17 recommendations to improve safety. The recommendations included a wide variety of recommendations relating to driver training and wellness, performance reviews for drivers, safety orientations for students and parents, education for drivers on state laws related to buses, and a safety audit of bus […]
Families in Cranberry Township are reacting to the news about a major theft impacting a large bus company in the area. State police said thieves are targeting school buses and stole the batteries off of 15 buses owned by ABC Transit and damaged several others. “It’s terrible you just took 15 buses out of commission,” […]
Local buses, trams and subway trains were cancelled in much of Germany on Friday as transport employees walked off the job in the country’s third transport-related strike in two weeks. The Ver.di service workers’ union called for a “warning strike”, a common tactic in German contract negotiations, on Monday. Its deputy leader, Christine Behle, said […]
RTA’s calendar bus will be rolling again today and throughout February with a special focus on black business owners to celebrate Black History Month. This month’s campaign was the product of work done by a committee of RTA employees and the Urban League of Southwestern Ohio, which selected businesses in Montgomery County near RTA routes. […]
On a bright, sunny Monday, a fleet of bright yellow school buses glints in the Austin school district’s Southeast Bus Terminal at 7200 Bluff Springs Road. Kris Hafezizadeh, the schools’ executive director of transportation and vehicle services, walked aboard one of the district’s newest buses as it clicked to life, with almost no detectable sound. […]
State leaders are expected to announce their plans to make school buses safer for children later today. News Center 7′s Taylor Robertson is in Greene County previewing what you can expect from today’s announcement LIVE on News Center 7′s Daybreak. >>RELATED: DeWine announces school bus safety task force; ‘Everyone wants our kids safer’ >>ORIGINAL COVERAGE: […]
Clouds of diesel that have blanketed school bus drivers and students for a century are becoming a thing of the past in school districts across the U.S. and throughout 15 school districts in Georgia, including two that neighbor Muscogee County. This month, Meriwether and Chattahoochee County received 12 electric school buses from the EPA Clean […]
Two school buses on their way to the circus were involved in a multi-vehicle crash in Indiana Friday. Around 10:05 a.m. two school buses from Mississinewa Community Schools were on their way to the Shrine Circus when they were involved in a crash, according to a media release by the Indiana State Patrol. The two […]
Just days before Christmas, a pickup truck driver passed a motorist that had stopped for a school bus unloading children on the right, then blew past the bus that had its red lights flashing and stop arm extended, narrowly missing two grade-school-age children crossing the street. Video of the Dec. 21 incident near Willow River, […]