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Electric Vehicles for All?

A startup company is taking American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and trying to improve the way batteries could move electric vehicles down the road.
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School Bus Stops: Waiting in the Dark

Are students in more danger when they have to wait at their school bus stop in the early morning hours?
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Buses of Guatemala City

Red Type D transit-style buses, many of which have Blue Bird bodies, form the core of Guatemala City’s bus system. Interurban Type C conventional buses interface with the main urban…
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Call for Total Cell Phone Ban Gets Set Aside

The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) decided to pass on a resolution calling for an all-out ban on cell phone usage while driving, hands-free included.
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Routes Around the World: Buses in and Around Belize

Many companies run along the Western Highway from Belize City and Belmopan to Benque Viejo near the border with Guatemala, including Shaw’s, National, Guerra’s, D&E, Middleton’s, and the Belize Bus…
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Bullying on the Bus: Is Enough Finally Enough?

When bullying gets so bad that parents are jumping on school buses to confront the perpetrators, is it time to start stepping up the proactive efforts to stop incidents from…
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Routes Around the World: Southern Belize - Bus Photos

Southern Belize seemed to have a slightly more diverse population of bus makes than the North. In front yards and empty lots along the Hummingbird and Southern Highways from Belmopan…
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Routes Around the World: Buses of Na Luum Caj

Anson Stewart is a engineering and urban studies graduate of Swarthmore College who won a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, a one-year grant for independent study outside the United States. His…
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Colorado Fires Force Students to Evacuate, Relocate

As forest fires rage out of control near Boulder, Colo., for a third straight day, a school district spokesperson said that the emergency is not having a wide-scale impact on…
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