Operational Differences and Similarities Among the Motorcoach, School Bus, and Trucking Industries (2005) / Chapter Skim
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School districts have the option of operating their own fleet of buses, hiring school bus contractors to provide transportation, or using some combination of the two. NSTA estimates that about one-third of school buses are owned and operated by school bus contractors.
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TABLE 12 Number of school bus contractor firms, school buses owned, and school buses owned/operated, by fleet size, 2000 States own over 60,000 school buses and vehicles used as school buses. Firms own almost all of their vehicles with little additional leasing activity.
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Fleet Size Industry Firms MCMIS For-Hire Firms Industry Vehicles MCMIS For-Hire Vehicles 1,000+ 10 3 83,036 32,033 500-999 14 4 9,734 2,484 All 3,285 621 112,013 50,530 Source: School Bus Fleet magazine, "2003 Top 50 Contractor Fleets" (Industry Firms and Vehicles by Fleet Size) ; School Bus Fleet magazine, "State-by-State Transportation Statistics 2001 to 2002" (Industry Total Vehicles)
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Approximately one-third of school buses are operated by school bus contractors. Source: NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts; NHTSA, Report to Congress: School Bus Safety Crashworthiness Research, 2002.
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Approximately one-third of school buses are operated by school bus contractors. Source: NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts; NHTSA, Report to Congress: School Bus Safety Crashworthiness Research, 2002.
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; • Submit to random drug and alcohol testing; • Have no criminal record involving drunk driving, drug use, or hit-and-run driving; • Speak English well enough to read road signs; • Pass an FMCSA written exam; • Be even-tempered and emotionally stable; and • Be aware of the school system's rules of discipline and conduct. Driver Compensation Table 16 shows driver compensation at school bus contractor firms by fleet size, based on School Bus Fleet's "2003 Contractor Survey," which reported average wages from 176 school bus contractor firms.
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However, the Handbook includes drivers working for school districts as well as drivers working for school bus contractors. Driver Work Schedules School bus drivers may work 8 to 10 hours per day and 40 to 50 hours per week.
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Trends in Mileage Table 21 and Figure 24 show approximate trends in route mileage for school buses, including both district and contractor school bus operations. The route mileage excludes Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Year Vehicles Sold Type D Type C Type A/B Source: School Bus Fleet magazine, 2002 North American School Bus Sales.
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NSTA, using the latest National Center for Education Statistics data for 2000, estimates that one-third of students using school buses -- about 8.3 million -- are transported by contractors. As a result, the top two school bus firms account for an estimated 37 percent of all students transported by school bus contractors.
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This magazine compiles yearly statistics on the largest contractor bus fleets, the largest school district bus fleets, fatalities, school bus sales, bus driver and contractor surveys, and other information relevant to the school bus industry. School Bus Fleet magazine makes much of its data available online at: www.schoolbusfleet.
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Economic census data are available online at: www.census.gov/epcd/www/econ97.html.
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