A school bus or school omnibus is a
bus used to transport
children and
adolescents to and from
school. The first school bus was horse-drawn, introduced in 1827 by
George Shillibeer for a Quaker school at
Abney Park in
Stoke Newington,
London,
United Kingdom and was designed to carry 25 children.
[1] The bus has subsequently become a major mode of transportation, particularly for transporting children to school. Children may travel to school on regular public bus services. In some cases public bus services may run
field trips and high school athletic events, and private
coach services may put on their own paid services. In
North America, however, the school bus is itself a specific type of bus distinct from other buses.
Canada and the
United States have specially built, painted and equipped school buses. They are commonly painted a "yellow-orange" color (officially known as "
National School Bus Chrome Yellow") for purposes of visibility and safety and equipped with specialized traffic warning devices, with the exception of school activity buses (normally used exclusively for point-to-point field and athletic trips and not used for home delivery routes) which are built to the same standards but are customarily some color other than orange and are usually not equipped with traffic warning devices. Most purchased in recent years have been
diesel-powered or hybrid. Full-size school buses can seat 59 to 90 passengers, but in many districts smaller vehicles are used as well. Such smaller vehicles are commonly known as "
short buses", and are often used for low-density routes associated with private schools and programs for magnet programs and developmentally-challenged students.
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Type I and Type II school vehicles as defined in Highway Safety Program Standard No. 17, used exclusively to transport school students, personnel, and equipment.
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