This year’s Thomas Built Buses Dealer Awards Ceremony looked a little different than it has in years past and concluded with a grand surprise visit for Team Sonny. Every year the Thomas dealer network comes together for a three day conference and on the final evening, Thomas hosts an awards ceremony where top performers are … Continued
Check out this month’s Tuesday Tune-Up. Remembering one of Virginia pupil transportation’s best, bus cleaning guidelines, and more.
Check out this month’s Tuesday Tune-Up. A Thank You to the many special people in the pupil transportation industry, Bus Technician Round Table Workshops Postponed, and more.
UPDATE: Monday, March 30 All Sonny Merryman centers are currently open and continue to operate on a normal schedule. In support of Virginia’s effort to limit the spread of COVID-19, we are operating under government guidelines, and we are requiring all customers call ahead to schedule an appointment before visiting their local Sonny Merryman center. To schedule … Continued
Check out this month’s Tuesday Tune-Up. Spring 2020 Round Table workshop dates released, Thomas Built Institute East announced, a VA transportation director retires, and much more!
He was more than 20 years into his career with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) when the then Caroline County Superintendent Stanley Jones approached him about a supervisory position with the school division’s pupil transportation department. With no pupil transportation experience, JD Satterwhite was hesitant to accept. “[Mr. Jones] explained to me I had … Continued
If you had asked her when she was younger what she wanted to be “when she grew up,” Cheryl Fisher, the director of transportation services for Fauquier County Public Schools and president of the Virginia Association for Pupil Transportation (VAPT), would not have thought of a career in pupil transportation. Yet over the last 30-plus years, … Continued
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Thomas Built Buses has introduced a new feature for some of its school buses: auto-reversing doors. The first-of-its-kind feature is available on all versions of Thomas Built Buses’ Saf-T-Liner C2 and allows the front entry doors to reopen automatically if they sense an object or obstruction in the doorway, according to … Continued
Check out this month’s Tuesday Tune-Up. Sonny Merryman delivering 50 Jouley C2 electric school buses in Virginia, Virginia technician takes home third place in national competition, free training, and more!
– First 50 buses will be operational in 2020 in 16 localities – Electric school buses will enhance grid reliability, reduce emissions, provide cost savings to schools RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Electric school buses will soon be on the roads in Virginia safely carrying children and reducing emissions as Dominion Energy moves … Continued
