School bus by country

Compared with many developed countries, Chinese schools have a relatively short history of providing transportation services.

In a third incident, two schoolchildren were killed and 20 injured when a carriage carrying students collided with a truck in Yunnan province.

Three days later, in Yunnan province, five junior high school students were killed when a bus fell off a cliff.

The related management departments have been in the process of researching and discussing the most feasible ways to develop school bus industrialization in China.

[12] Most vehicles used for such services are light vans like the Toyota Hiace, Nissan Urvan, and small trucks, like the Mitsubishi L300, which has a capacity of 15-17 people.

This schedule has been implemented to reduce the financial strain put on parents from having to pay fees in advance in January, May and October.

The National University of Singapore (NUS) has its own internal shuttle bus system that is operated by ComfortDelGro.

The research and development of educational projects and facilities has gradually formed a student traffic safety management system.

In view of this situation, the Korean government made a comprehensive revision of the Road Traffic Law in 2006, further supplementing and improving the safety management of pre-school children and students commuting vehicles, applying for school bus, replacement, performance, marking, insurance, Detailed rules have been set for the driving rules, the obligations and responsibilities of the drivers.

Vehicles that are not approved may not imitate the color of the school bus or make similar marks, and may not undertake the work of picking up students.

If there is a partnership operator, it must be explained; the school bus must be integrated into the insurance; the seat belt must conform to the child's body shape; the vehicle doors and windows must be open; the folding chair should not be placed inside the car.

[24] In France, especially in Île-de-France and in small towns, there are special services which operate at the start and end of each school day and do not run during weekends, holiday periods and summer.

Local authorities subsidize the routes, but parents or guardians are sometimes required to pay a contribution to the cost of a season ticket for use of the services.

To distinguish themselves from other buses, routes that only transport students are required to have a destination sign worded "Schulbus" with a yellow background.

Some of the midibuses were repainted yellow to resemble school buses in North America, though most retained the same features and default colors of their transportation providers.

[30] They feature the signature school bus yellow color and are marked with the bilingual words БАЛАЛАР (BALALAR) and ДЕТИ (DETI) ("Children" in Kazakh and Russian languages) on the sides.

In addition to seat belts, these modern school buses are equipped with a range of safety features, including fire protection systems, emergency exits, 360-degree driver visibility, accommodations for disabled passengers, and heating and air conditioning for year-round comfort.

In 2001, the Russian government began to acquire dedicated school buses to transport students in rural areas.

While initially using right-hand drive Blue Bird TC/2000s imported from the United States, the company switched to Turkish-produced BMC 1100 buses later in the 2000s.

Alongside importation of right-hand drive American vehicles and BMC-produced school buses, from 2006 to 2008, Wrightbus (of Northern Ireland) produced the Wright Eclipse SchoolRun.

In a similar fashion to their counterparts in North America, these minibuses are school bus bodies fitted to full-size van chassis.

Further safety requirements may be introduced at a provincial or even local level; for example, some coastal jurisdictions where fog is common insist on buses being fitted with roof-mounted strobe lights for use in poor visibility.

Unlike the United States and Canada, school-owned buses are not primarily used for route service (due to high cost); instead, they are often used for field trips and other related excursions.

[40][41] Until August 2014, there were a total of 943 buses that offer school transport service, guaranteeing clean emissions and safe routes for students.

[43] Counting each unit with satellite tracking providing information in real time of the journey, in addition to having the Ministry of Public Security so that in case of any unfortunate situation.

[49] This routes connect several points of the campus with Massive Transport Systems located near the complex (Metro, Metrobus and several local bus lines).

[50][51] Currently the UNAM has 58 buses that transport more than 136 thousand users per day, of which eight are reserved, 10 are ecological and 50 with permanent circulation all the routes with a schedule from 06:00 to 22:00 hours during weekdays,[52] on weekends only the routes that does not gives services to cultural and sport centers, like the Universum Museum, Nezahualcoyotl Concert Hall and University Stadium.

The school transport offered by Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) called TransporTEC, is only for students enrolled in that institution, teachers and active collaborators.

In order to allow staff to drive them with a standard car or light truck license these vehicles are generally quite small, 22 seat buses are very common in this role.

Most school routes do not allow the general adult public to ride along with the children, although this does vary by location according to practicality (i.e. remote areas) and local regulation.