School Bus Fleet, February 2020
SPECIAL NEEDS SURVEY Top challenges Sponsored by Challenge of respondents Driver aide shortage 24 Routing 17 Behavior 10 Communication 7 Training 7 More S N students 5 Other 28 More than one quarter 28 of survey respondents cited challenges that fell into the other category including road conditions aging buses and school start and dismissal times Driver and aide shortage was the second most common challenge among participants with 24 Use an electronic ridership tracking system Yes 9 No 91 Only 9 of operations surveyed reported using an electronic ridership tracking system for special needs students However this does reflect a 4 jump over last years survey responses Vehicles used for special needs transportation Vehicle of respondents 72 46 30 25 20 11 7 6 3 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Type C school bus Type A school bus Van Type D school bus Type B school bus SUV Car Taxi Other Although more than half of respondents reported using smaller capacity vehicles such as cars SUVs and vans to transport special needs students Type C and Type A school buses topped the list 20 SCHOOL BUS FLEET FEBRUARY 2020 WWW SCHOOLBUSFLEET COM
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