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School buses remain the dominant form of daily transportation for students.
| 26 million | Number of students that ride school buses each day in the United States |
| 480,000 | Number of schools buses transporting U.S. students |
| 346.6 million | Total daily mileage saved by students riding school buses |
| 17.3 million | Number of private vehicles that would be needed to transport students that now ride school buses |
| 36 | Average number of cars that would be needed to transport the students on one school bus |
| 3.1 billion | Number of gallons of fuel that would be consumed if private vehicles transported students instead of school buses |
| Source: The American School Bus Council | |
