( ) -q-29- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “conducted in 2017.” Reliance on school buses has been waning for years as districts struggle to find drivers and more students attend schools far outside their neighborhoods. [CutID: <Cuts> SCHOOLS-BUS-SERVICE-house-q-MONam.mp3 Time: 29s Title: SCHOOLS-BUS-SERVICE-house-q-MONam Out-cue: conducted in 2017] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. ————————- VERBATIM: As responsibility for […]
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As schools cut back on bus service, parents are turning to rideshare apps
( ) -q-29- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “conducted in 2017.”
Reliance on school buses has been waning for years as districts struggle to find drivers and more students attend schools far outside their neighborhoods.
[CutID: <Cuts> SCHOOLS-BUS-SERVICE-house-q-MONam.mp3
Time: 29s
Title: SCHOOLS-BUS-SERVICE-house-q-MONam
Out-cue: conducted in 2017]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: As responsibility for transportation shifts to families, the question of how to replace the traditional yellow bus has become an urgent problem and a spark for innovation. Several startup companies have begun working with school systems to provide rideshare services. A 2023 Federal Highway Administration survey says only about 28% of U.S. students take a school bus. That is down from about 36% in the previous survey conducted in 2017.