Routes: New York City School Bus Route Information for K-12

OPT, the Office of Pupil Transportation for the City of New York, provides this dataset containing all publicly shareable school bus route information for students in grades K-12. The data excludes specific route paths and Pre-K service routes to protect student privacy, and is derived from a snapshot of a transactional system. It was last updated on March 8, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze route assignment and garage logistics based on the garage assignment field mentioned in the description.
• Study service differentiation between general education and IEP-based transportation based on the vehicle types described.
• Model transportation costs and contract structures based on the per-route versus per-student contracting details.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including XML, RDF, JSON, and CSV.
• Explicit privacy protections are applied, with sensitive route paths removed to avoid disclosing personally identifiable information.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Pre-K student bus service routes are not included in this dataset.

Provenance

Source

City of New York, Office of Pupil Transportation (OPT).

Collection Method

Derived from a snapshot of a transactional system used for route planning and assignment.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-08 02:30:14.237510; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York City, likely focusing on school-age service areas.