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School bussing in the United States has an incredibly complex legal history related to desegration and civil rights. Moving to a fee for use system is probably
by topkai22 7y ago
School bussing in the United States has an incredibly complex legal history related to desegration and civil rights. Moving to a fee for use system is probably legally impossible(or at least very difficult) in most of the United States.
There are also reasonably strong public sector unions representing school bus drivers, who in many areas have gotten various job requirements codified that make outsourcing difficult.
Even with all that, my school district runs the bus system fairly efficiently-around a $2.25/trip with all overhead included.
- sjg007 7y agoNo buses in California or NYC for the most part kids take public transportation.
- topkai22 7y agoThat doesn't sound right. A quick check on LA Unified's web site says they operate ~1300 buses, while all of LA's bus network operates 2600 buses. While only 42000 of 734,641 students are taking the district provided buses, I'd bet a huge portion of the remaining aren't taking public transit, but are walking, are being driven by a parent, or driving themselves. While I don't have data, I'd be willing to bet that areas like the Inland Empire, Bakersfield, Fresno, or Sacramento have much higher portions of their population busing as well, probably near the 50% mark for most of the US.
- sjg007 7y agoCalifornia doesn't require it except in special cases and due to impacted budgets it is diminishing. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/california-school-bus-service-vanishing_n_946860 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/california-school-bus-service...