Category: Opinion
I’ve got a bridge to sell you, but the clearance is low
My new boss Jim and I were on a sales trip in western Pennsylvania. Jim only lasted a few months, and I don’t remember his…
Bureaucrats know nothing about effective regulation
“I know NOTHING!”
You may think I’m talking about myself, but actually it’s a quote from a character in “Hogan’s Heroes,” an iconic 1960’s sitcom.…
Private-sector involvement could help public transit
A young driver was highballing across Chicago’s west side at the wheel of a semi when his trailer clobbered a low overpass. He was nearly…
Never allow a loose nut behind the wheel of a coach
If there was a competition for “bus slalom,” my buddy’s weary old 4106 could have contended for the gold.
He’d checked everything: tie rods, bearings,…
Want to empty a bus? Squish a skunk through its vent
We were a “traveling time warp” (description stolen from my pal Warren).
The company I worked for had bought the entire fleet of a transit…
Be careful making left turns; you might need an exorcism
Left turns make me nervous. You may think it’s because I’m a fairly conservative guy, but the real reasons are far more rooted in physics.
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Deadly fatigue can sneak up on coach drivers
One day in 1967, as I rolled into the crowded Trailways bus terminal in Washington, D.C., at 10 a.m. after working the extra board around…
Is the new federal ELD mandate overkill?
By Powell Slaughter
Furniture Today
While I believe reasonable regulations can help protect the water we drink, the air we breathe and the safety of…
Blake Krapf discusses school bus contracting
By Thomas McMahon
School Bus Fleet
As CEO of Pennsylvania-based Krapf Group and president of the National School Transportation Association (NSTA),
Blake Krapf has a…