Just the Facts

The Benefits of School Bus Ridership

Youth Fatalities During School Travel Hours:

Teen Drivers: 57%

Adult Drivers: 23%

Other Travel: 19%

School Bus: <1%

1. School buses save hundreds of lives each year.

2. School buses maximize the likelihood that school children will arrive at school safely, on time and ready to learn.

3. One school bus can carry the same number of passengers as 36 cars.

4. School buses save approximately 62 billion miles of driving each year.

5. School buses provide a convenience to families while saving them time and money.

6. School buses reduce traffic by keeping over 17 million cars off roads each year.

7. School buses save approximately 2.6 billion gallons of fuel each year.

8. School buses prevent over 20 million tons of CO2 from being released into the environment each year. This is the consumption equivalent of about 330,000 tanker trucks of gasoline.

9. School buses can be used to transport students and faculty to extra-curricular activities and be dispatched quickly to evacuate students in an emergency.