This publication is a collection of the statements made in a hearing before the Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. In particular, the topic was the safety implications of a Kentucky school bus crash on May 14, 1984. Discussed are the issues of…

There's a lot school boards can do to improve safety in bus transportation, and not all the recommended actions involve money. (Author/IRT)

The San Diego Unified School District (California) began operating a computerized routing and scheduling system for its pupil transportation services at the beginning of the 1985-86 academic school year. The computerized system, provided by Ecotran Systems, Inc. (ECO) of Cleveland, Ohio experienced an inordinate number of difficulties. A…

This booklet lists a wide variety of publications, legislation, and informational materials dealing with the general topic of pupil transportation and school bus safety in Canada. Several different types of materials are listed, including legislation, books, articles and manuals. Legislation is listed by province. Other materials are divided into…

Prepared for boards of education and municipal planning authorities, school site selection is related to school bus safety. Consideration of direction and density of traffic flow, street crossings, curbing, drainage, road width, parking areas, number of pupils and personnel, number of buses, method of transportation, schedules and extra-curricular…

This report discusses the current school busing crisis, examines the history of busing, and looks into the future of busing. In discussing the current crisis the authors examine recent court cases mandating busing to achieve desegregation. They go back into history to trace the tradition of busing, to obtain facts and figures, and to look at past…

Researchers and other persons interested in promoting research about rural school busing met in Columbus, Ohio, in December 1998. Drawing on that meeting and the rural school literature, this report describes why school transportation is an important issue nationwide, explains the lack of research on rural school busing, proposes a research…

Reviews the activity of the Supreme Court and of a number of lower federal courts encouraged by the attitude expressed by the Supreme Court in the 1971 Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education case; and the various forms of opposition to busing. (JM)

At a time when the future of New York's subway system looked bleak, new underground zoning legislation (the first ever) has been enacted. This new law requires buildings constructed near a subway station to provide transit easement space to allow public access to the subway through the building property. (MA)

As a supplement to "What You Need To Know About Riding The School Bus," this booklet answers some of the most common questions concerning transportation for students with special needs. Using a simple question/answer format, the booklet addresses 22 issues regarding scheduling, the duties and responsibilities of the driver/aide, parent…

Faculty members at Pennsylvania State University and the University of Tennessee use airplanes to increase mobility and save time. (MLF)

This bibliography of the holdings of the Lighter-Than-Air Society includes books, serials, manuscripts, and photographs acquired by gift and purchase. Information on Lighter-Than-Air craft is contained in technical treatises, scholarly histories, biographies, popular narratives and tales of adventure in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish,…

The author describes what is being done by legislators, the Department of Transportation (DOT), States, and school bus contract operators to improve school bus safety. He intimates that communication problems and political problems in the Congress and in the DOT have hindered progress of safety legislation. Two other areas of concern are…

The articles in this volume discuss how well industries operating under government regulation respond to technical innovation: do the effects of regulations vary among industries, and if so, does this result from variations in the regulatory approach, the organization of the firms, or the nature of the technology? Industries considered include…

A national Transportation Research Information Services Network (TRISNET) is being developed by the Department of Transportation (DOT) linking libraries, data bases, and retrieval services with DOT information activities. Core services provide switch and referral, indexing and abstracting, online retrieval, and document delivery. (JY)