Say goodbye to yellow school buses and hello to school pickup lines.
The big picture: A majority of U.S. students now arrive at school in private cars, per a Washington Post analysis of U.S. government data. The long-term rise in parental school runs has been compounded since the pandemic by a shortage of bus routes and drivers.
Catch up quick: Across the country, school systems continue to face severe bus driver shortages, including Chicago Public Schools—one of the nation’s largest school districts—which is currently at 55% capacity for drivers.
