The Bus Stop

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop - Executive Director Curt Macysyn interviews West Platt, Executive Editor, School Bus Fleet. The duo discuss Round 2 of the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean School Bus Program. Wes highlights how some are utilizing ChatGPT for school transportation purposes. Lastly, the duo outlines the recently introduced Jackie Walorski Enhancing Necessary Data to (END...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop -  NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn interviews Tim DeFoor, Auditor General of Pennsylvania. Tim outlines his background and his childhood of hating math to becoming Auditor General. Tim highlights his "Be Money Smart" Campaign and why its important to him. Lastly, Tim discusses his favorite trilogy of movies. Tim will be the featured speaker of the Tue...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop -  NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn interviews Tejas Sinha, Project Manager and Caleb Li, Analyst, both of the Rutgers Consulting Group (RCG).  Tejas and Caleb recently participated in an engagement with NSTA on the electrification of the nation's school bus fleet. The duo outline the scope of the project and challenges the team faced. They highlight some o...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop - Executive Director Curt Macysyn is Doug Campbell, National Account Manager - School Bus, Safe Fleet, an NSTA Vendor Partner. Doug outlines his background and his journey from landscaping and design to school bus. The duo highlight Safe Fleet's new illegal passing suite, and how these technologies can help reduce illegal passing and warn children exiting the s...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop - NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn interviews James Davis, Product Manager Director – Passenger Transportation, National Interstate Insurance, an   NSTA Vendor Partner Member. James outlines the current insurance place market and trends he's been seeing. Curt and James discuss strategies contractors can you to mitigate costs. The duo highlight different pre...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop -  NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn interviews Dennis Roche, Co-Founder of Burbio, a school data tracking company. Dennis and Curt discuss recent trends in school enrollment throughout the country. The duo discuss the patterns in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) spending. Lastly, the duo highlighted key topics being seen in School Board m...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop - NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn interviews Josh Blackmun, President, Eagle Wireless, a new NSTA Vendor Partner Member. Josh outlines his experience in the communications realm and how his background in music ultimately led him into student transportation world. The duo discuss the value of telematics and data in fostering a more efficient and safer pupil tran...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop - NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn interviews Rich Kelly, President and Founder of RC Kelly Law Associates and NSTA Counsel. The duo discuss the recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposal to eliminate non-compete agreements, and how this prohibition may affect school bus contractors. They also highlight FTC jurisdiction concerns, as the Commission seeks to a...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop -  NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn interviews GP Singh, Founder and CEO of ByteCurve, and NSTA Vendor Partner.  GP and Curt recap the February Webinar "Cybersecurity - what you don't know can hurt you!" GP highlights the importance of the dispatch office, and how technology can help kids get to school safely and on-time. The duo discuss why techn...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop - Executive Director Curt Macysyn is joined by Becky Weber, Managing Director, Prime Policy Group.  Becky and Curt highlight the NSTA Advocacy Team victory from the FY23 Omnibus Bill, which contained amendments to the Clean School Bus Program. Becky outlines the importance of the 2023 NSTA Capitol Hill Bus-In. The duo provide a preview of some of the topics that NST...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop -  NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn interviews Dave McDonald, Vice President of Business Development and Specifications Compliance, Rosco Vision, an NSTA Vendor Partner Member.  The duo recap the "Camera's can be your Friend!" session from the 2023 NSTA Midwinter Meeting, which Curt and Dave participated in. Dave highlights Rosco Vision's new...

Join NSTA Executive Director, Curt Macysyn for a special episode of NSTA: The Bus Stop , as he caps off Women's History Month by interviewing Carina Noble, SVP Communications & External Affairs at National Express and NSTA President. Carina talks about her roles with National Express, as well as the second female president in NSTA history. Curt and Carina highlight the recent Executive Te...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop -  NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn interviews Michelle Atwell, Chief, Safety Countermeasures Division, Office of Safety Programs, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. Department of Transportation. Michelle outlines her background and her path to NHTSA. Michelle highlights the importance of Women as leaders in transportation safety. The d...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop - Executive Director Curt Macysyn is joined by Chloe Williams, President of B.R. Williams - a private school bus operation in southern New Jersey, and she also serves as President of the New Jersey School Bus Contractors Association (NJSBCA) . Chloe outlines her professional background, as well as her journey back into the family business. Curt and Chloe talk activi...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop -  NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn interviews Kim Worster, Senior Vice President, First Student.  Kim highlights he background in student transportation and her current role at First Student. Kim and Curt discuss her role as a member of the NSTA Board of Directors. Finally, Kim outlines the electrification efforts of First Student. Become a subscriber and liste...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop - Executive Director Curt Macysyn is joined by Justina Morosin, Vice President and General Manger of IC Bus, to kickoff Women's History Month. Justina outlines her background and role with IC Bus. Justina highlights her role as President of Women at Navistar, and the importance of women in the industry. The duo discuss the benefits of networking and mentors for...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop - NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn interviews Sasha Pejcic, Managing Partner, BetterFleet, a new NSTA Vendor Partner. Sasha outlines his career path from finance to transportation. The duo discuss lessons learned from the transit industry's electrification efforts. Sasha highlights the importance of flexibly as fleets begin to electrify. Student transportat...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop -  NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn interviews Clint Bryer, Director of School Bus Sales and Haylee Read, Account Executive - Student Transportation, both of Safety Vision, an NSTA Vendor Partner Member.   Clint and Haylee highlight Safety Vision and the products and services they provide. Haylee recaps the "Cameras can be your Friend - NTSB Meigs, TN Crash...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop -  NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn interviews Ronna Weber, Executive Director of the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS).  Ronna outlines her background and NASDPTS. Curt and Ronna highlight the return of the NASDPTS Illegal Passing Survey. The duo then recap the 2022 NASDPTS Conference. Student transportation prof...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop -  NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn is joined by Ryan Gray, Editor-in-Chief, School Transportation News. Ryan and Curt recap the 2023 NSTA Midwinter Meeting, which took place from January 22-25th in San Diego, CA. The duo highlight the illegal passing and electric school bus panels from the event. Ryan outlines the changes he's seen in his nearly 20 years c...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop - a special live episode of the podcast from the 2023 NSTA Midwinter Meeting in San Diego, California. Executive Director Curt Macysyn is joined Tony Civitella, President and CEO of Transfinder. Tony recaps his experience at the 2023 NSTA Midwinter Meeting and his role in the "Putting a Stop (arm) to Illegal Passing Panel. The duo outline importance of student...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop -  NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn interviews Tim Haywood, Sales Director, of Greentech an air purification company. Tim outlines the benefits of air purification on school buses. Tim highlights a recent study on the impact that Greentech's air purification technology has. The duo then discuss how air purification can help alleviate driver shortages.  Stud...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop -  NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn interviews Geo Murickan, President and CEO, and Scott Bradley, Director of Sales and Strategic Partnerships, both of Pioneer Power Mobility.   Scott and Geo outline the mobile charging solutions that Pioneer Power offers. The group discusses how propane became the fuel of choice for the mobile chargers. The trio outlines the b...

Ring in the New Year at NSTA: The Bus Stop - Executive Director, Curt Macysyn interviews  Mike Martucci, New York State Senator 42nd District, Former Owner of Quality Bus Service. Mike recaps his journey into the political realm from yellow bus. Curt and Mike outline the driver shortage and its intersection with government. Finally, the duo discuss strategies to build relationships with elected of...

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop - a special episode of, which features questions from NSTA: The Bus Stop listeners.  Join NSTA Executive Director, Curt Macysyn as he and producer, Alec Petrillo answer questions from our listeners. Topics range from the biggest NSTA accomplishments of the past year to presidential history, and predictions for this weekend's College Football Playoff matchups. P...