FEATURE
Routes Around the World
By Stephane Babcock STN to look at “school bus” operations and services in a
number of different countries throughout the next year Te need for children to get to and
from school, similar to receiving an edu- cation, is a universal need. Although the traditional yellow bus as the North Amer- ican industry knows it does not make its way through international metropolitans like Paris, London or Madrid, the idea behind the American symbol — that pro- vides the safest ride for students every day — still exists. For the past several years, we have been
keeping a close eye on school transporta- tion practices around the globe. From the push to Americanize the British scholastic fleet to the dangers of poorly kept buses and sometimes life-threatening safety practices in some third-world countries, there is no lack of information on what stu- dents in other countries are experiencing when they make their way to school every day. For the next year, STN will be dropping in a handful of articles that look at the is-
sues other countries face when working to transport their school children to and from school. As you may already be able to guess, there will be some definite similari- ties and a number of common themes.
ON LOCATION Along the way, we will be following
the adventures of Anson Stewart, a 2010 graduate of Swarthmore College in engi- neering and urban studies who won the Tomas J. Watson Fellowship, a one-year grant for independent study outside of the United States. His project, titled “School Bus Migrations: Recycling Transit in the Global South,” will follow school buses that once treaded across the roads of Main St., USA and have now found a second life in countries like Belize, Brazil, Argentina, Ghana and South Africa. Te goal is to achieve a deeper understanding
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