Transportation Sites: New York City Student Transport Service Locations

OPT provides busing, MetroCards, and reimbursement services to schools and other educational sites. The dataset includes public, private, and religious schools, offices, and Pre-K/EI sites within NYC or up to fifty miles into New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut. It was last updated on March 8, 2026, by the City of New York.

Use Cases

• Map student transportation service coverage based on the described geographic scope of NYC and surrounding states.
• Analyze the distribution of transportation modes (yellow bus, ambulance, coach bus) across different site types mentioned in the description.
• Identify sites eligible for curb-to-curb busing based on the mention of IEPs and medical conditions.
• Plan resource allocation for special education transport based on the inclusion of Pre-K/EI sites.

Strengths

• Explicitly includes sites up to fifty miles from NYC limits in three states, defining a clear geographic scope.
• Distinguishes between multiple transportation service types: busing, MetroCards, and approved reimbursements.
• Covers diverse site types: schools (public, private, religious), offices, and Pre-K/Early Intervention sites.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• The description does not specify update frequency, only a last updated timestamp.

Provenance

Source

City of New York

Collection Method

Likely compiled from operational records of the Office of Pupil Transportation (OPT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-08 02:35:54.071320; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York City and locations up to fifty miles from the city limits in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut.