Any district board of education considering seat belt installation on large school buses should examine all the research available prior to making a final decision. New Jersey's Guide for Analyzing a Pupil Transportation Program is provided. (MLF)

School systems will soon be using microcomputers to design their school bus routes and aid in the management of transportation programs. Offers guidelines to bring microcomputer bus management to school systems. (MLF)

Because diesel engines are more economical and longer-lasting than gasoline engines, school districts are rapidly increasing their use of diesel buses. Dependence on diesel power, however, entails vulnerability to cost increases due to the unreliability of crude oil supplies and contributes to air pollution. (MCG)

Examines critically the National Transportation Safety Board's post-1977 school bus standards, which encourage but do not require seat belts. (JBM)

At each of Baltimore's 46 junior and senior high schools, a microcomputer system distributes tickets for subsidized lunches and transportation for over half of the students. (MLF)

Describes a study of the effects of a low-cost incentive program--including daily, weekly, and monthly reinforcements such as attention, approval, and inexpensive awards--on the absenteeism of high-absence employees in an urban school district's transportation department. A 20-percent reduction in absenteeism was achieved. (TE)

School-bus handrails have had the same basic design for more than 30 years. However, students' recent propensity to wear oversized and baggy clothing increases the likelihood that clothing or accessories may become snagged on bus handrails. Children across the United States have been injured or killed when their clothing or accessories caught in…

This report has been prepared by the Elementary and Secondary Educational Statistics Branch of the U.S. Census Bureau. The data refer to all secondary and elementary education financed by federal, state, and local governments, including regular, special, and vocational instruction. Also included are summer school, adult education, community…

The aim of the present study is to see whether children exposed to long daily traveling to and from school are hampered in their physical development. (Author)

Reports the results of a study of the attitudes towards busing of white secondary school students in suburban Boston, who participate in the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity busing program. (JM)

Retrospective evaluation of shipboard orientations for students traveling abroad. (IR)

This report, part of the School Law Series, contains digests of 99 judicial decisions compiled from decisions published in the "National Reporter System during 1968. (Author)

Alternative ways of financing school bus purchases include financing privately through contractors or commercial banks, financing through sources such as insurance companies and pension funds, leasing the buses, or contracting for transportation services. (Author/MLF)

Describes how one logical scheme for the gearing for a multi-speed touring bicycle leads to a set of gear ratios which increase in an exponential function. (BT)

Discusses the growing use of vans for transportation by child care centers and increasing concerns about van safety. Presents information on relevant federal legislation related to motor vehicle safety and the safety standards of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Recommends that child care programs replace retiring vans with…