A printable 2 sided flyer with our most Frequently asked questions is available in English at tinyurl.com/PISTAdvice, and in Spanish at tinyurl.com/PISTConsejo

This document gets updated when we find out about changes to the Office of Pupil Transportation’s website, phone or procedures (with your help!).

School Bus para = Student Transportation Paraprofessional (STP) is an accommodation that can be mandated for certain riders if needed.

We have gathered insight from experienced parents and school staff from the PIST NYC Facebook group, emails, and past meetings.

Updates for parents on progress in school bus labor contracts and how to help avoid a potential strike.

Tips about Summer school transportation, including Summer Rising

Please bookmark this for updates as we find out further details

School Bus Family Info Share:

Guides and tips for NYCSA online system set-up and use

- Suggestions & updates welcome at pistnyc@gmail.com - We are not part of DOE we are just trying to make this system more user friendly, since it’s your only method of directly finding out bus route info, filling out forms, and voting in Council elections in Spring 2023 -

TRANSPORTATION TO SCHOOL from temporary housing or shelter

Rights to the school bus or parent Metrocard; People who can help you apply for and arrange transportation; Laws and more

TRANSPORTE A LA ESCUELA desde alojamiento temporal o albergue

Derechos al autobus escolar o Metrocard para parientes; Personas que pueden ayudarle a solicitar y organizar el transporte; Leyes y mas

Parent advocates for students with disabilities and the non-profit NYCSBUS are working with ATU local 1181 to publicize Possible staff changes on some school bus routes this winter, so that families and schools can prepare students to cope with the transition.

Drivers who do choose a new route, will move to that route on January 23, 2023. Attendants will stay in place to get the new drivers acquainted with the route and riders for a week. Attendants who change routes will move on January 30, 2023.

Materials here are from the NYCDOE District 75 Office of Travel Training

In the presentation by program Director David Abraham at the December 2022 meeting of the Citywide Council on Special Education, we learned more about this program to help students with an IEP walk and/or use mass transit between home and school independently and safely.

La traducción al español sigue

Each time the bus route makes your student late to school,

doesn’t show up, or vehicle is unsafe, follow these steps

Statement by PIST from July 2022 with links to coverage, state investigation, local law, how to complain & why that is difficult, past protests, age of NYC school buses.

How to request that your child be transported to a site other than home when school is dismissed every day. Priority deadline was July 22 but try as soon as you know the address.

The expectation is that school bus routes should be posted by Monday August 29. Please read more advice here.

La expectativa es que las rutas de los autobuses escolares se publiquen antes del lunes 29 de agosto. Lea más consejos aquí.

How to get bus service / accommodations on the IEP

What to do when the bus takes much longer or doesn’t show up