School bus contractor

School bus contractor

A school bus contractor is a private company or proprietorship which provides school bus service to a school district or non-public school. Of 450,000 school buses operating in the United States, it is estimated that approximately 30% are operated by school bus contractors. In Canada (with some still operated by the school boards) and the United Kingdom, almost all school transportation is performed by contractors.

A school bus contractor may range in size from an operator with a single bus to a small company serving a single school or district, to a large multi-national company with as many as 40,000 buses of school bus yellow. Major school bus contractors in the United States and Canada include First Group, and Durham Transportation.

ee also

*School bus yellow
*Frank W. Cyr, Father of the Yellow School Bus
*Wayne Corporation


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