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Board debates 90- vs. 78-passenger buses as staff present cost and routing trade-offs
Summary
Transportation staff presented seat-capacity, price and route-efficiency figures for 90-, 84- and 78-passenger school buses; trustees discussed contractor choices, used-bus purchases and risks of losing capacity on busy routes.
Rutherford County Schools transportation staff reviewed bus sizes, seat rates and routing trade-offs at the March 6 work session as trustees questioned whether contractors should be allowed to operate smaller, lower-cost buses on district routes.
Transportation staff provided comparative figures for common bus sizes: the transcript lists a 90-passenger bus priced at about $173,000 (no tax), an 84-passenger bus at about $171,641 and a 78-passenger “flat-nose” bus at about $169,864. Staff said annual operating…
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