Welcome


The Yellow School Bus Commission has been established to examine and quantify the environmental, social, educational, time and cost benefits of a nationwide network of dedicated home to school transport.


It has reviewed the yellow school bus initiatives already operating in the Britain, as well as examining the North American delivery model.


The Commission's report and recommendations were published on 12 September 2008.


Established and sponsored by FirstGroup plc, it comprises six independent Commissioners: The Rt. Hon. David Blunkett MP (Chair), Baroness Ros Scott, Lt. Col. Tex Pemberton OBE, John Burch and Garth Goddard.


The Commission continues to lobby Britain's political parties to adopt its recommendations to introduce a national network of dedicated home to school transport in Britain.

Children boarding a school bus
Angled picture of a group of buses