Transportation
Prince George's County Public Schools offers students transportation to and from school with its own transportation system. The system runs a fleet of various school bus models by Blue Bird Corporation, IC Bus, and Thomas Built Buses. Models include rear-engined and front-engined types, which all operate under diesel fuel. Special needs children are also provided with a bus that is accessible to them. All buses visibly display "Prince George's County Public Schools" on both sides of the bus. The transportation department operates from 13 bus lots, which in total operate over 1200 buses on over 5000 routes. The ridership varies annually, although at least 93,000 students ride buses provided by the department. All routes consist of three digit numbers, such as 001, and a letter-digit route, such as B12. In addition to transportation to and from schools, the school district runs buses for school field trips, athletic events, and other approved necessities for a bus in Maryland. Ridership of each bus is determined by the distance in which the student lives from their school, which includes but not limited to two miles for intermediate and secondary schools and one and half mile for primary schools. Each route is determined through a trapeze system, in which information regarding students is entered into a computer system and the outcome being their route number.
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