Let's Discuss School Buses: Rolling Classrooms or Mobile Inequality?
School buses transport 25 million U.S. students daily—yet remain trapped between 1950s design and 21st-century safety demands. As electric fleets and AI monitoring promise radical change, who bears the cost of progress? And when does "safety" become surveillance? Buckle up for the route redesign.
❓ Provocative Questions:
Algorithmic Tracking:Should buses use facial recognition to alert parents of boarding, or does this normalize child biometric harvesting?
Electric Equity:When wealthy districts transition to silent e-buses first, do diesel fumes become an economic health hazard?
Seat Belt Standoff:Why do only 6 states mandate seat belts—is cost-saving worth 10,000 injuries/yearno beltsno belts10,000 injuries/year?
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