Call them mellow yellow...
Date published: 19 March 2009
JUST the ticket . . . yellow school buses have improved behaviour
New school buses see fall in anti-social behaviour
YELLOW school buses are cutting anti-social behaviour and saving parents from rush-hour traffic, according to Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority.
Incidents of anti-social behaviour have plummeted from 170 to 46 (72 per cent) at schools served by yellow buses across Greater Manchester in the past school year, compared with the 12 months before services were introduced.
The Radclyffe School in Chadderton is only Oldham school to use the service but it is hoped more will sign up in the future. Councillor Ian MacDonald, chairman of GMITA’s transport network committee, said: “I am delighted these services are producing such great results.
“They help parents relax in the knowledge that their child will get an allocated seat on a bus with CCTV and seat belts, driven by a specially-trained driver.”
Councillor John Dillon, GMITA spokesman for Oldham, said: “Yellow school buses provide a valuable service for pupils and parents alike.”
A survey of new users found that parents had collectively saved 1,595 car miles a day by using the services.
