The wheels on the bus will continue to go round and round, but the exhaust pipe will no longer belch, belch, belch. A statewide program is under way to retrofit diesel-powered school buses with ...

Children on school buses collectively inhale as much or more exhaust emitted from those buses as does the rest of the city's population, according to a new analysis by researchers at the ...

Most kids probably think the worst thing about riding a school bus is the bully who sits in the back seat. In fact, the bitter fumes emitted from the buses may be doing them more harm. Children riding ...

Dear Answer Man, I've noticed that the new city buses seem to have much cleaner exhaust. There isn't the big plume of black smoke when they accelerate, and they don't smell. Does Rochester transit ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. — The day after Christmas break, Greg Liedl got a most-unwelcome gift: a frozen tank. Liedl, the transportation coordinator for Bemidji Area Schools, was weighing whether he believed ...

For decades, schools have put their students on buses that belch diesel fumes, despite mounting evidence about the ill effects of the exhaust, especially on young, developing lungs. Now, as parents ...

An abstract of the report, “Vehicle Self-Pollution Intake Fraction: Children’s Exposure to School Bus Emissions,” is available from the April 2005 issue of Environmental Science and Technology. A ...

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ArvinMeritor Commercial Vehicle Systems is collaborating with Gillig Corp., a manufacturer of transit buses, to develop new emissions reduction technology, to cut particulate matter (PM) and NOx ...

Q What are the health risks of inhaling diesel exhaust fumes? I rode along in a school bus for a field trip and was alarmed that I could smell exhaust fumes in the bus. A You should be alarmed. Diesel ...

As educators have known for a long, long time, there’s no magic solution to improving academic performance across an entire student body. Experienced teachers and an engaging curriculum go a long way, ...