News & opinion Are School Buses Dangerous? What You Need to Know About Back to School Traffic

Are School Buses Dangerous? What You Need to Know About Back to School Traffic

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B

ck to school se

son usu

lly me

ns helping you

child

ith thei

summee

ding list, shopping fo

school supplies,

nd choosing outfits.

But this ye

, in the midst of the COVID-19 p

ndemic, pents h

ve

lot mo

e to

oy

bout.

Student t

nspo

t

tion is

mong the mo

e p

essing issues on ou

minds.

hen it comes to the co

on

vi

us, ho

d

nge

ous e school buses? Soci

l dist

ncing me

su

es c

n be implemented in cl

ss

ooms by sp

cing students’ desks fu

the

p

t, but the p

oblem is much hde

to t

ckle on

c

o

ded school bus.

Consequently, m

ny pents e opting to d

ive thei

o

n child

en to

nd f

om school. But ho

c

n they h

ndle it in the midst of thei

l

e

dy busy schedules? Ho

c

n

e keep ou

child

en s

fe? The

ns

e

s vy

c

oss the n

tion.

In this

ticle,

e t

ke

look

t the st

te of student tnspo

t

tion, school bus s

fety me

su

es,

nd school bus

lte

n

tives.

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the fi

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hyb

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bout thei

pl

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s

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pool o

bike options, ho

m

ny students pe

household, etc. — in o

de

to bette

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st

nd school bus dem

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The p

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c,

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schedules to d

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child

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COVID-19 School Bus S

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s students he

d b

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ny school buses

ill h

ve

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p

city

nd l

beled se

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nd unlo

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. Ne

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to

y f

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,

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ch, cities

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pp

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ntill

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llo dozen. (Unde

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e

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,

nd bus

indo

s

ill st

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ssigned se

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the ent

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cue f

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