The Route presented by School Bus Fleet
By School Bus Fleet
The Route presented by School Bus FleetApr 15, 2024
Transformative Leadership In Arizona
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, discusses New York City's congestion pricing exemption for school buses, National School Transportation Association's 2024 Bus-In, and the persistent question of Daylight Saving Time. Plus, an interview with Liz Thies, School Bus Fleet's Administrator of the Year for 2024! This episode is sponsored by Thomas Built Buses, a leader in pupil transportation.
- SBF Administrator of the Year: Transformative Leadership in Arizona School Transportation
- Bus Contractors Expect Exemption from New York City Congestion Pricing
- NSTA Returns to Capitol Hill to Promote School Bus Safety
- Time Sheet: Is It Time for Daylight Saving Time to Clock Out?
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Rolling Remembrance
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, discusses a memorial bus ride in remembrance of a Tennessee school bus driver. Plus, an interview with Alfred Karam of Shenendehowah Central Schools in New York! This episode is sponsored by Thomas Built Buses, a leader in pupil transportation.
- Tennessee Bus Drivers Roll in Remembrance of Aleita Gladson: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10216964/tennessee-bus-drivers-roll-in-remembrance-of-aleita-gladson
- SBF Poll: Middle Schoolers Pose Most School Bus Behavior Challenges: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10216618/sbf-poll-middle-schoolers-pose-most-school-bus-behavior-challenges
- March Digital Edition: https://schoolbusfleet.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=816809
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- Coming soon to all platforms!
Clean Successes and EV Incentives
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps top news from the website, including the second annual report to Congress about the EPA's Clean School Bus Program.
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Maintenance Challenges by the Numbers
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, gives an overview of the magazine's latest annual Maintenance Survey.
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EV Education
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including the findings of pilot studies in three public school districts seeking to electrify their fleets, with help from the World Resources Institute and the Center for Transportation and the Environment. Plus, NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn joins to discuss the recent Midwinter Meeting and looks ahead to more events this year.
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Making Waves
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including the death of an Alabama educator in a bus accident and the appointment of a Highland Electric Fleets exec to a grid modernization council in Massachusetts.
SBFX Information: https://www.schoolbusfleetconnex.com/public-private-operators/public-private-operators
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Cleaning Up
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including the environmentally friendly buses coming to Missouri and Guam.
2023 Administrator of the Year Nomination Form: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/custom-content/10125745/administrator-of-the-year-award
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Needs by the Numbers
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including the latest SBF special-needs transportation survey.
- 2023 Maintenance Survey: https://www.research.net/r/23sbfmainte
- 2023 Administrator of the Year Nomination Form: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/custom-content/10125745/administrator-of-the-year-award
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Zero-Emission Mission
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including the federal government's plan to go zero-emission in new vehicle sales by 2040.
- Bikes for Kids Foundation: https://www.bikesforkidsfoundation.org/
- 2023 Administrator of the Year Nomination Form: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/custom-content/10125745/administrator-of-the-year-award
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EV Ambitions
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including how the state of Illinois is setting goals for electric vehicles.
New Jersey fraud charges: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10189584/investigators-new-jersey-bus-company-operators-duped-school-districts
Omnibus spending amendments: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10189573/omnibus-spending-amendments-bring-wanted-clean-school-bus-changes
2023 Administrator of the Year Nomination Form: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/custom-content/10125745/administrator-of-the-year-award
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Battling Backlogs
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including a school bus manufacturer's efforts to work past a backlog of purchase orders.
NSTA 2023 Midwinter Meeting: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10188483/nsta-2023-midwinter-meeting-registration-now-open
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Class-Action Victory
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including a class-action victory for advocates of students with diabetes in New York City Schools. Also, check out an interview with David Christopher, executive director of the New York Association for Pupil Transportation (NYAPT).
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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 Introduction
00:54 Interview with David Christopher, NYAPT
11:16 Class-Action Victory in New York City
13:23 STA Fundraising for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
14:23 Georgia Bus Driver Recognition
15:19 Closing and Shout-Out to Scott Geier
Sitting Down?
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including two frightening accidents in Indiana and Kentucky, as well as the NYSBCA annual awards.
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On-Board, In Person
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including our coverage of the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services conference.
- Buses - Not Cars - More Common in Pupil Transportation Deaths: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10185666/buses-not-cars-more-common-in-pupil-transportation-deaths
- Addressing Electrification Hurdles: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10185663/nasdpts-conference-addressing-electrification-hurdles
- Strategies for Transporting Challenged Students: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10185629/nasdpts-conference-strategies-for-transporting-challenged-students
- What Does Marijuana Have to Do With Pupil Transportation: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10185993/nasdpts-conference-what-does-marijuana-have-to-do-with-pupil-transportation
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Waiver Unwavered
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including the FMCSA's decision to extend the "under-the-hood" CDL test waiver until 2024. Also, check out the interview with EverDriven's Mitch Bowling!
PERC "Be Like Jack" Contest Winners: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10186135/perc-announces-sustainability-contest-winners
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Electric Selections
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including the EPA's funding of 389 school districts with the first round of Clean School Bus cash.
Clean School Bus Funding: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10184835/first-clean-school-bus-recipients-announced
New School Bus Postage Stamp: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10184803/school-bus-featured-on-new-2023-postage-stamp
Transforming Montgomery County Public Schools: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10185209/maryland-school-district-celebrates-electric-bus-transformation
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Type A Scarcity
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including the NSTA's request for USDOT to intervene in the Type A school bus chassis shortage.
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Keep It Safe
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including the arrival of National School Bus Safety Week.
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Top Fleets 2022
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including the top school district fleets of 2022.
See the full story at https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10182192/top-district-fleets-georgia-district-holds-top-spot-for-second-year and in the October 2022 print edition of School Bus Fleet.
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HEROES on a Roll
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, talks with Audrey Fish and Jeff Ellis about American Standard Transportation Partners work with Krise Transportation on the HEROES Bus project.
Check out videos on the HEROES Bus site: https://krisetran.com/heroes-studio/
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Be The One
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including the election of bus driver Vincent J. "Jim" Troiola as national commander of the American Legion.
Web article about Troiola and the Legion's "Be the One" initiative: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10180916/bus-driver-takes-the-wheel-as-american-legion-commander
Need help? Call the national emergency suicide hotline at 988 or text 838255.
For information about the NSTA Fall Conference in Key Largo: https://yellowbuses.org/Conferences-Events/EventID/10/CRC/0DEBBC580C184BFB4A9056013584FD78/NSTA-Fall-Conference
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Passing Craze
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including the latest illegal-passing survey from NASDPTS.
Looking to participate in the Top School District Fleets Survey? Follow this link: https://www.research.net/r/22sbf_w
Check out our SBF electric school bus webinars: https://event.webcasts.com/viewer/portal.jsp?ei=1556380
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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 Introduction
00:40 NASDPTS Survey
02:26 New Hampshire Blast
03:05 Remembering George Herschel Law
03:59 Top District Fleet Survey/EV Webinars
Chowchilla Flashback
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including the parole of the last of three men in the 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping case.
Also, see the full story about Mike Stotler of Thomas Built Buses, who recently passed away. Our condolences to his family and friends: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10179470/friends-and-colleagues-remember-thomas-builts-mike-stotler-as-friend-mentor
Looking to participate in the Top School District Fleets Survey? Follow this link: https://www.research.net/r/22sbf_w
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Watery Heights
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, talks with Curt Macysyn, executive director of the National School Transportation Association, about the recent annual meeting and issues related to contractor fleets.
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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 Introduction
00:43 Highlights of NSTA Conference
04:10 Issues on the Radar
06:53 Next Big NSTA Event
07:39 Back-to-School Safety Awareness
10:26 Remembering Rep. Jackie Walorski
BYD: California Dreaming
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, talks with Jason Yan about the evolution of BYD into the electric school bus market and its foothold in California. Yan is BYD America's director of sales operations for bus and coach.
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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 Introduction
00:30 From Transit to School Days
02:30 Lancaster Manufacturing Facility
03:44 The BYD Production Team
05:18 Antelope Valley Schools Project
Powerful Deadline
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, reminds would-be applicants that time is running out for the first round of Clean School Bus funding. The deadline is Aug. 19.
Apply here: https://www.epa.gov/cleanschoolbus
PLUS: We finally hit 100 subscribers! Get the complete recipe for cheeseberry pie at the end of this episode.
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Back to School Bus Fixes
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, talks back-to-school bus prep with Jennifer Smith from JIT Truck Parts.
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Over the Falls
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps the National School Transportation Association's annual meeting and convention in Niagara Falls.
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Diesel Dominance
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, discusses the Diesel Technology Forum's report on dominant fuel technologies in school bus fleets.
Rebate Applicants Given Tools to Fight Fraud: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10176793/rebate-applicants-given-tools-to-fight-fraud EPA
Office of the Inspector General Hotline:
- (202) 566-2476 or (888) 546-8740
- OIG_hotline@epa.gov
- https://epa.gov/office-inspector-general/epa-oig-hotline
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When September Ends
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, discusses the FMCSA's decision to once again extend the "under-the-hood" waiver for school bus drivers testing for their CDLs.
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Fair Care
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, discusses a push for the Treasury Department to assure that contracted school bus drivers get the same Affordable Care Act benefits as those directly employed by school districts.
Register for the NSTA Annual Meeting and Convention: https://regi.secinc.us.com/website/10156/
Catch Wes Platt on NSTA's Bus Stop podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/277232/10875992-nsta-the-bus-stop-with-wes-platt-executive-editor-school-bus-fleet
BYD: From Batteries to Buses
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, talks with Jason Yan about the evolution of BYD into the electric school bus market. Yan is BYD America's director of sales operations for bus and coach.
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Picture That
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, showcases the winner of the National School Bus Safety Poster Contest.
Enter the 2022 School Bus Fleet Photo Contest by June 30, 2022: https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10172033/enter-school-bus-fleets-2022-photo-contest.
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Boosting Morale
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, shares suggestions from transportation directors for raising spirits in student transportation operations.
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Changes and Tragedies
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent top news from School Bus Fleet, including the leadership change at the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services.
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Money and Milestones
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent top news from School Bus Fleet, including high demand for the FCC's last round of the Emergency Connectivity Fund.
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Looking for Normal
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, previews the upcoming Contractors Issue, including Contractor of the Year Jacob Iverson of Harlow's Bus Service and the Top Contractor Fleets (for the full list, check out https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/topcontractors22)
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From Wi-Fi to Wichita
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent news headlines from the pupil transportation industry - this week including a Kansas bus driver's heroic efforts to steer choir students clear of severe storms.
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Grow and Diversify
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent news headlines from the pupil transportation industry - this week including competition between First Student and Zum in Seattle, as well as Blue Bird's move into commercial delivery vehicles.
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Buckle Up?
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent news headlines from the pupil transportation industry - this week including a New Mexico legislator's repeated call for seat belts on school buses.
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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 Introduction
00:40 Seat Belts for Safety
01:37 Rideshare Regulations
02:30 First Student Expands
03:11 EV Battery Funding
Clean Start Ahead
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent news headlines from the pupil transportation industry - this week focused on details about the upcoming Clean School Bus rebate program in the works from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Stop and Go Again
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent news headlines from the pupil transportation industry - including word that the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services is resuming its annual illegal-passing survey across the country.
Here's a link to launch the survey: https://nasdpts.org/stop-arm-violations/#instructions
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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 Introduction
00:47 NASDPTS Survey Returns
02:16 Canadian Alliance
03:19 Navistar's Alabama Gambit
03:50 Modesto Electrification Project
Meeting Minds
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent news headlines from the pupil transportation industry - including U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona's visit with school bus workers in Maine.
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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 Introduction
00:38 Meeting of Minds
01:19 Electric Imperative
01:45 NSTA Bus-In Returns
04:15 TBB Dealer of the Year
Collaboration Nation
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent news headlines from the pupil transportation industry - including the electric bus collaboration between the National Association for Pupil Transportation, the School Superintendents Association, and the Association of School Business Officials International.
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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 Introduction
00:32 Electric School Bus Initiative
01:32 Extended Waiver
02:44 School Bus Kidnapper Pardon
03:51 HopSkipDrive Report
Rebate Roulette
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent news headlines from the pupil transportation industry - including new details about the EPA Clean School Bus rebate program.
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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 Introduction
00:36 Blue Bird Leadership Change
01:21 EPA Rebate Lottery
01:58 Nano BEAST
02:44 Imminent Hazard
03:20 Nominate SBF's Contractor of the Year
Lowering Hurdles
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, welcomes Brianna Walsh, senior director of eCity business development for Enel X.
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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 Introduction
00:36 Meet Brianna Walsh
03:03 Importance of Electrification
05:39 Defining the Hurdles
08:03 Potential Impact of the Infrastructure Act
10:55 Different Districts, Different Needs
16:52 How the Process Works
Powering Up
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent news headlines from the pupil transportation industry - including Zum's effort to add electric buses to its fleet, starting in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Zum's Electric Bus Effort
01:30 The Lion's Roar
02:12 Powering Up
02:56 Illinois in Transition
03:33 Washington State Fines
Treat Techs Right
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, shares tips from Carol Bowes (Person County Public Schools in North Carolina), National Express, and Michael Stotler (Thomas Built Buses) for hiring and keeping talented school bus technicians.
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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 Introduction
00:48 Technician Recruitment and Retention Tips
3G's Sinking Sun
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, discusses the imminent shutdown of AT&T's 3G network and how that might impact some school districts.
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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 Introduction
00:39 AT&T 3G Sunset
Yellow Bus, Green Ambition
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, discusses the EPA's preliminary plans for the Clean Bus Program - including rebate opportunities that may start in April.
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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 Introduction
00:40 EPA Clean Bus Plan