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Huntsville to track students on school buses

January 23, 2012

Three schools in Huntsville (AL) will test a program that uses RFID cards to track students when they ride school buses.

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Washington to add traffic cams to school buses

September 30, 2011

Washington State school officials are planning to install traffic cameras on school buses to catch drivers who pass the buses illegally.

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Detroit uses technology to track students

September 7, 2010

Technology is helping the Detroit Public Schools (MI) keep an eye on students.

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Chicago suburb tracks students with technology

September 3, 2010

A school district outside Chicago became the second system in Illinois to use technology to track the location of students on school buses.

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Bangalore buses turn into high-tech nannies

May 17, 2010

School buses in Bangalore will soon sent text alerts to parents every time their child gets on or off the bus.

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Welsh school buses screen movies to fight anti-social behavior

March 8, 2010

School buses in North Wales will show movies to address behavioral problems like bullying.

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WiFi turns school bus into rolling study hall

February 15, 2010

An inexpensive router has turned a sometimes rowdy Tucson (AZ) school bus into an Internet cafe.

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Chicago school buses go high-tech

September 1, 2009

Chicago school buses will be equipped with GPS systems and mobile data terminals to make it easier to track the whereabouts of vehicles and students.

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Oregon legislature takes aim at school bus fumes

June 9, 2009

Oregon may require schools to retrofit diesel school buses with exhaust controls within the next decade. The legislature sent a bill to GovernorTed Kulongoski that calls upon school districts to upgrade their bus fleets by 2017.

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Battery-powered bus offers a quiet ride

February 9, 2009

“A battery-powered bus made its premiere in downtown San Jose on Friday, giving clean, quiet rides around the block to adults and schoolchildren.   Officials in San Jose and San Francisco, as well as several school districts, are considering using the bus, and its creator – Proterra in Golden, Colo. – might set up manufacturing in [...]

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