A school bus is a type of bus owned, leased, contracted to, or operated by a school or school district and regularly used to transport students to and from school or school -related activities, but not including a charter bus or transit bus. Around the world, various configurations of buses are used; the most iconic examples are the yellow school buses seen in the United States and Canada.
In North America, school buses are purpose -built vehicles distinguished from other types of buses by design characteristics mandated by federal and state regulations. In addition to the use of a vehicle -specific paint color ( school bus yellow ), school buses are fitted with exterior warning lights (to give them traffic priority) and multiple safety devices. Outside North America, purpose -built vehicles for student transport are less common. Depending on location, students ride to school on transit buses (on school -only routes), coaches, or a variety of other buses.
Every year in the United States and Canada, school buses provide an estimated 8 billion student trips from home and school. Each school day in 2015, nearly 484,000 school buses transported 26.9 million children to and from school and school -related activities; over half of the United States K–12 student population is transported by school bus.
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