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Plano ISD weighs changes to hazardous-route busing and possible end to fare busing amid $18M transportation gap
Summary
District staff presented updated hazardous-roadway definitions and maps and recommended adopting the 2025—6 hazardous-route plan; implementation would discontinue some routes per TASBO guidelines while adding others for retirements and bilingual-program growth, producing a net need for drivers. Staff also proposed discontinuing or restructuring fare busing and said the district faces an estimated $18 million transportation funding gap.
Plano ISD presented an updated hazardous-roadway plan at its Feb. 18 work session and discussed options for discontinuing or restructuring fare busing as a way to address transportation costs.
Steve Ewing, the district's transportation presenter, walked trustees through the updated hazardous-route definitions recommended by the Texas Association of School Business Officials (TASBO): 4- or 6-lane roadways with posted speeds over 45 mph, four- or six-lane roads without a pedestrian-activated signal, active railroad crossings, or segments lacking a safe pedestrian path. Using those guidelines and…
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