Hop on the Bus

School buses remain the dominant form of daily transportation for students.

26 million Number of students that ride school buses each day in the United States 480,000 Number of schools buses transporting U.S. students 346.6 million Total daily mileage saved by students riding school buses 17.3 million Number of private vehicles that would be needed to transport students that now ride school buses 36 Average number of cars that would be needed to transport the students on one school bus 3.1 billion Number of gallons of fuel that would be consumed if private vehicles transported students instead of school buses Source: The American School Bus Council