OA Transportation Department
My Ride K-12 can be downloaded from the Apple and Android app stores.
To learn more about My Ride K-12 and the other technology we use to help us safely and efficiently transport our students, please click the following links.
My Ride K-12 with ETA to Stop Parent Flyer - https://5il.co/2heyp
My Ride K-12 User Guide Parent Flyer - https://5il.co/2heyo
Please contact the Transportation Office via Let’s Talk! With any questions.
In support of National School Bus Safety Week the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is launching its Prevent Illegal School Bus Passing Awareness Campaign, to remind drivers about the importance of school bus safety.
Why it matters: In every state, it is illegal to pass a school bus while the school bus stop-arm is extended and the red lights are flashing. Although the school bus is the safest modes of vehicle transportation, illegal school bus passing is a frequent occurrence and poses a deadly risk. Drivers should always come to a complete stop when a school bus stop-arm is extended and the red lights are flashing.
Going deeper: Statistically, school buses are the safest way to transport school children. Statistically very few children are killed each year riding inside a large yellow school buses. More injuries and fatalities occur outside of or near a school bus because a motorist has failed to obey the stop-arm warning or to follow local traffic laws.
During the ten-year period, 2011 - 2020, there were 1.6 times more fatalities among pedestrians (183) than occupants (113) of school buses.
A total of 218 school-age children (18 and younger) died in school-bus-related crashes during that period, either as occupants of school buses or other vehicles, or on foot or bike.
Of the 218 deaths, 85 were children who were walking.
The school bus loading and unloading area is called the “Danger Zone.” Specifically, this is any side of the bus where a child may not be seen by the bus driver or other motorists and, therefore, in the most danger. Respecting a stopped school bus with stop arm extended and red lights flashing should be a respected community value. Let’s work together to keep our children safe as they wait to ride the bus to and from school.
Contact
Ken Francisco
Director of Transportation
Phone: 607-687-7305
Email: franciscok@oacsd.org
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Documents
My Ride K-12 with ETA to Stop Parent Flyer - https://5il.co/2heyp
My Ride K-12 User Guide Parent Flyer - https://5il.co/2heyo
Links
The New York Association for Pupil Transportation (NYAPT) is reminding drivers to be extra careful this year as school districts begin to reopen across the state.