Council Member Rita Joseph highlights how transportation challenges disproportionately affect vulnerable student populations.

• System failures particularly impact students with disabilities who rely on school buses as their only viable option for attending school
• Students with disabilities may miss out on federally mandated IEP services due to transportation issues
• Students in temporary housing, already facing instability, are further burdened by unreliable transportation
• The creation of new routes for students who receive bus services at the start of the school year is often delayed