What are the Non-Monetary Benefits of Buses?

It is relatively easy to quantify the personal benefits of using a bus. You can calculate the gas your organization saves by employing mass transit vehicles, or you can predict the potential profits of investing in a bus and starting your own commercial venture with it.

But, during hard times many organizations attempt to determine the entire value of their transportation system strictly in monetary terms. This ignores the myriad of other ways buses benefit more than their owners. It isn’t hard to think about how the buses provide transportation to many who otherwise wouldn’t be able to commute, but they also improve the safety of people on the road. Even more surprisingly, one bus is significantly better for the environment than the number of cars it would take to carry all of its passengers.

If your organization is considering cutting bus funding, take the time to check out the facts the American School Bus Council have assembled into these graphics. You may end up realizing you should be investing more in your busing system than you already are.

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