A computer graphics method for determining school bus routes. (RA)

Summary of tactics for helping students cover ground on expanding campuses is included in this national round-up. (Editor)

Examines issues concerning outsourcing student transportation services: cost; management needs and capabilities; goals; and politics. Critical areas of transportation management are highlighted such as personnel management, student management and discipline, risk management, fleet analysis, and routing and scheduling. (GR)

THE GREENBURGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AREAS IN THE NATION TO BEGIN THE PRACTICE OF BUSSING PUPILS AROUND TO ELIMINATE SEGREGATED SCHOOLS. THIS MIXED RURAL AND SUBURBAN DISTRICT HAD DEVELOPED A BRILLANT EXAMPLE OF INTEGRATED EDUCATION BEFORE IT FELT THE STRENGTH OF COURT DECISIONS OR STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS. THE STAGE WAS…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS, BY TITLE, 113 FILMS, WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND ACQUISITION ADDRESSES. THERE ARE 32 FREE, 40 RENTAL, 38 PURCHASE, AND THREE TELEVISION SHORT FILMS IN THE LIST. (DD)

Recommended are practices for reducing energy consumed in the process of transporting school pupils. Among the areas in which energy conservation measures may be instituted are preventive bus maintenance, field trip coordination, bus driving practices, modified scheduling policies, and training of bus drivers. (WB)

Annotations of 13 publications on the topic of "Busing" were selected to give the practicing educator easy access to the most significant and useful information available from ERIC. (MLF)

The reorganization of the school districts in the province of Ontario provided an opportunity for the development of a computerized procedure for producing efficient bus routes with considerably reduced time and effort. This report describes in detail the actual procedure to be followed in using the system. A series of tests designed to check the…

INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH FOR AN AUTOMATED, BUS UTILIZATION AND SCHEDULING SYSTEM WAS REPORTED. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WOULD INVOLVE (1) PROGRAM DESIGN AND COMPUTER SELECTION, (2) CODING OF THE SUPERVISOR PROGRAM AND RELATED PROGRAMS, (3) PROGRAM CHECKOUT, (4) DATA CONVERSION, (5) SYSTEM VERIFICATION, AND (6) FINAL DOCUMENTATION,…

Effective and longlasting safety programs, such as those mentioned here, are based on accident prevention principles, not on the particulars of one accident. (IRT)

A controlled transit system of vehicles with rubber tires, using electricity from a power rail, connects the old and new campus areas at the University of West Virginia. The University of Louisville has high intensity lighting over walkways. (MLF)

Looks at some of the current requirements for school bus safety under Standard 17 developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (Author/WM)