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Full-size school buses are generally considered Class B vehicles; most van-based school buses are considered Class C vehicles. In addition to a standard P (passenger) endorsement, school bus drivers must acquire a separate S (school bus) endorsement; along with a written and driving test, the endorsement requires a background check and sex ...
Along with small-bus production, Micro Bird is also the Canadian distributor of Blue Bird full-size buses. Trans Tech: Type A 2007 Warwick, New York: Trans Tech is a division of Transportation Collaborative, Inc. Trans Tech is the first school bus manufacturer to produce a fully electric school bus (eTrans, based on the Smith Electric Newton).
During the late 1930s, school bus manufacturers were beginning to develop transit-style school buses. In comparison to a cowled-chassis bus mounted on a truck frame, a transit-style bus allowed for greater seating capacity within the same body length; manufacturers also experimented with engine configurations.
From the 1950s to the 1960s, advances in chassis design allowed for school buses to grow in size, with the average conventional-style school bus growing to a seating capacity of 60 passengers. As certain school bus routes remained in need of smaller vehicles, operators sought smaller vehicles.
To demonstrate the strength of its internal roof bows, Thomas stacked a full-size school bus on the roof of another (using a crane) in 1964; [2] the company has subsequently repeated the demonstration several times using more recent product lines. For 1967, to reduce blind spots in front of the bus, Thomas developed a convex blind-spot mirror. [2]
The Blue Bird All American is a series of buses produced by American school bus manufacturer Blue Bird Corporation (originally Blue Bird Body Company) since 1948. Originally developed as a yellow school bus (its most common configuration), versions of the All American have been designed for a wide variety of applications, ranging from the Blue Bird Wanderlodge luxury motorhome to buses for law ...
The Freightliner FS-65 is a cowled school bus chassis (conventional style) that was manufactured by Freightliner from 1997 to 2008. Derived from the Freightliner FL-Series medium-duty trucks, the FS-65 was produced primarily for school bus applications, though commercial-use buses and cutaway-cab buses were also built using the FS-65 chassis.
Saf-T-Liner C2 Interior view, looking back. The Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 (often shortened to Thomas C2) is a bus manufactured by Thomas Built Buses since 2004. The first cowled-chassis bus designed by Thomas following its acquisition by Freightliner, the C2 debuted the first all-new body design for the company in over three decades.