The Alaska State Board of Education has adopted the national "Minimum Standards for School Buses, 1970 Revised Edition." The purpose of this document is to specify school bus minimum standards for Alaska that are in addition to the national standards. All regular school buses must comply with applicable federal motor vehicle safety…

The railroad and newspaper industries grew up simultaneously during the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s, coming together in the common effort of delivering newspapers by rapid trains. The newspaper trade literature from that era contains romantic accounts of the exploits of these trains, while comparable railroad trade literature infrequently acknowledges…

This questionnaire survey shows the many influences on selection of housing and transportation by employees of a Cleveland junior college district (Cuyahoga Community College). It is felt the data would be pertinent to personnel recruitment, housing policies for faculty and staff, private housing developments, dissemination of housing information…

The speaker, a school board attorney, outlines four legal problems he has had to deal with. The cases concern teacher dismissal, the district's responsibility in the case of "hazardous transportation," school district purchases for student activities (student photographs), and school bus leasing. (IRT)

The New Paltz, New York, school district has used the IBM Vehicle Scheduling Program (VSP) for scheduling its bus runs. In the process the district has reduced its transportation costs by 33.9 percent over a two-year period. (IRT)

This booklet is a compilation of report proceedings of the Industry-Education Conference of the Minnesota Academy of Science. It was designed as an orientation booklet for participants in this conference and includes the text of the speeches given by a number of keynote speakers. The theme of the conference was total environmental impact, with a…

Human factors engineering is considered with regard to the design of safety factors for aviation and highway transportation equipment. Current trends and problem areas are identified for jet air transportation and for highway transportation. Suggested solutions to transportation safety problems are developed by applying the techniques of human…

The savings were effected in the areas of transportation, maintenance, and operations. (IRT)

General conclusions are that, although resident and commuter students are similar in many respects, there are differences between them. However, commuters are not clearly disadvantaged in any respect. Subgroups of commuters differ more from each other than from resident students, and therefore commuters should be considered a heterogeneous group.…

The author discusses services for the disabled in higher education and makes suggestions designed to encourage institutions to plan and initiate services for handicapped students on their campuses. (IM)

Two studies are reviewed which concern the analysis and use of attitudinal data to further enhance the understanding of urban travel. Both studies employed multidimensional scaling techniques. (Author/MA)

A majority of parents whose children attended segregated schools in a court-ordered integrated school system felt that mixed schools offer better educational opportunities than do segregated schools. (Author)

Introduces a computer program for school bus routing. (MLF)

Numbers of port calls and oil spillage data by U.S. and foreign flag tankers for the years 1973-75 are provided. Major tanker-related oil spills in U.S. coastal waters are discussed. (CP)

This report is based upon the responses to a survey of fifth through twelfth grade students. (AM)