BRUMLEY'S BITS
Pupil Transportation Branch
Division of finance
Capital Plaza Tower - Room 1534
500 Mero Street,
Frankfort, KY 40601
1-502-564-4718
KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION FACTS
MASON COUNTY PROVIDES FIRST DOCUMENTED FREE TRANSPORTATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN 1910 - 1911 SCHOOL YEAR. IN USE WERE 6 LARGE WAGONS.
FIRST TRANSPORTATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES OCCURRED ON QUINCY MASSACHUSETTS IN 1874.
AVERAGE LENGTH OF TRANSPORTATION ROUTE ON 1913 WAS JUST OVER 4 MILES, HOWEVER THERE WERE A FEW UP TO 8 MILES IN LENGTH.
AVERAGE COST FOR TEAM AND DRIVER 1913 - 1914 SCHOOL YEAR WAS APPROXIMATELY $40.00 PER MONTH.
FIRST MOTORIZED BUSES USED IN KENTUCKY WERE AROUND 1915, HOWEVER THEY WERE NOT WIDELY USED UNTIL THE LATE TWENTIES.
IN 1933 = 1934 SCHOOL YEAR KENTUCKY'S FLEET CONSISTED OF 86 HORSE DRAWN BUSES AND 610 MOTORIZED BUSES.
1947 - 1948 SCHOOL YEAR WAS FIRST THAT ALL 120 COUNTIES PROVIDED FREE PUBLIC SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS.