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From rural routes to desegregation rides, the yellow school bus faces a new reality.

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August 21st, 2026

From rural routes to desegregation rides, the yellow school bus faces a new reality.

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The yellow school bus is a national symbol in America, but its color is not set by law.

美國的黃色校車是國家象徵，但它的顏色不是法律規定的。

In 1939, traffic officials from each state met. They chose this orange-yellow color because it is the most noticeable.

1939年，各州交通官員開會，選了這種帶橙色的黃色，因為它最顯眼。

At its peak in the 1980s, yellow school buses carried more than sixty percent of American students.

在1980年代的高峰期，黃色校車接送超過六成美國學生。

School buses first came from rural America.

校車最早來自美國鄉村。

Albert Luce, a dealer from Georgia, designed buses with metal bodies. They were first used to carry cement workers, and later moved to the school market.

喬治亞州經銷商阿爾伯特·盧斯設計了金屬車身的巴士，原本用來載水泥工人，後來轉向學校市場。

At that time, school districts were merging small community schools. They set up bigger and farther schools, which made school buses more common.

當時學區正在合併小型社區學校，改設更大、更遠的學校，這讓校車變得更普遍。

Museum curator Matt Anderson said that without school mergers, there would be no school buses.

博物館策展人馬特·安德森說，沒有學校合併，就沒有校車。

Decades later, school buses helped end racial segregation. They carried Black and white children across racial lines.

幾十年後，校車在廢除種族隔離中扮演了角色，載送黑人和白人兒童跨越種族界線。

But this practice has mostly ended. Schools in most parts of the U.S. are now more segregated.

但這種做法已基本結束，美國多數地區的學校反而更加隔離。

Carl Fisher drove a school bus for 66 years and retired in 2012. He is the longest-serving driver in the Guinness World Records.

卡爾·費舍爾開了66年校車，於2012年退休，是《金氏世界紀錄》中最長壽的司機。

His first bus was a modified Dodge truck with benches and small stools. It carried 20 children in Missouri.

他第一個車型是改裝的道奇卡車，加裝長凳和小凳子，在密蘇里州載送20名兒童。

School buses are the safest way to travel on roads per passenger per mile. They don't need seat belts, says Brad Beauchamp from the maker Blue Bird.

校車被認為是每乘客每英里最安全的公路交通方式，而且不需要安全帶，製造商藍鳥的布拉德·博尚這樣說。

Today, because of driver shortages and other reasons, yellow school buses can't carry many students anymore. So families have to find their own transport.

如今，因為司機短缺等因素，黃色校車無法再載送許多學生，家庭得自己找交通方式。

Jim Opegaard drove for over twenty years in the suburbs of Minneapolis. He retired at 94, making him the oldest school bus driver.

吉姆·奧佩加德在明尼阿波利斯郊區開車超過二十年，94歲退休，是最年長校車司機。

He says the job is meaningful because "you're helping kids, and you're also helping the whole society."

他說這份工作有意義，因為「你在幫助孩子，也在幫助整個社會」。

August 21st, 2026

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From rural routes to desegregation rides, the yellow school bus faces a new reality.

From rural routes to desegregation rides, the yellow school bus faces a new reality.

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