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JUST THE FACTS
THE BENEFITS OF SCHOOL BUS RIDERSHIP
Youth Fatalities During School Travel Hours
57%
Teen Drivers
23%
Adult Drivers
19%
Other Travel
<1%
School Bus
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.
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