School Bus Safety
- National Association of Pupil Transportation
http://www.napt.org/ - National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation
http://www.nasdpts.org/ - School Bus Information Council
http://www.schoolbusinfo.org/ - Pupil Transportation Safety Institute
http://www.ptsi.org/ - National Coalition for School Bus Safety
http://www.ncsbs.org/ - School Bus Fleet Magazine (good resource for national statistics)
http://www.schoolbusfleet.com/
Programs to improve safety on school busses
- Bus Discipline: A Positive Approach
http://www.sopriswest.com/ERP2Web/ProductPage.aspx
?parentId=019001401&functionID=009000008
News Articles & Studies
- 10 Basic Tips on School Bus Safety: A Parent's Guide
http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/childsafety/bbtr/sc
hoolbus.htm#basic_tips - The Relative Risks of School Travel
http://trb.org/publications/sr/sr269.pdf
- Traffic Safety Facts 2001: School Transportation-Related Crashes
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSF20
01/2001sbus.pdf - Choosing the Best Bus for Transporting Preschool-Age Children
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/buses/choos
ing_schoolbus/pre-school-bus_01.html - Back to school: Foil those bullies on the bus
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2000/08/25/loc_ba
ck_to_school_foil.html - Enhancing School Bus Safety and Pupil Transportation Safety (2002)
http://www.nasdpts.org/documents/EnhancingSchoolBu
sPupilTransportationSafety.pdf
Regarding Seat Belts on Buses
- Seat Belts on School Buses: A Review of Issues and Research
http://www.hsrc.unc.edu/pubinfo/child_busses.htm - Seat Belts on School Buses (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA)
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/buses/pub/s
eatbelt.hmp.html - Seat Belt Fact Sheet
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/funding/pdf/lapbelt_fa
ct.pdf - Seat Belts on School Buses? (Canada Safety Council)
http://www.safety-council.org/info/traffic/schbusb
elt.htm - Seat Belts on School Buses
http://kcsos.kern.org/transportation/stories/story
Reader$15 - Passenger Crash Protection in School Buses (National Association of State
Directors of Pupil Transportation Services article)
http://www.nasdpts.org/paperCrashProtect.html