Scottish Transport Minister Keith Brown has announced that Glasgow City Council is to take forward a pilot on improved school bus signage.
High-visibility signs with improved features will be trialled on certain school buses in the region as part of the pilot.
The Scottish Government will provide evaluation support to Glasgow City Council in order to build a robust evidence base assessing the benefits of enhanced school bus signage.
Transport Minister, Keith Brown, said: “There can be no greater responsibility than the protection of our young people and we are committed to keeping them safe on the journey to school. We recognise that enhanced school bus signage can play a key role, yet the power to legislate in this area rests with Westminster and we are disappointed that the UK Government has refused our requests to take action or to devolve the necessary powers to Scotland.
“The Scottish Government is taking forward a range of measures to improve the safety on dedicated school transport. Thankfully the risk of children being seriously injured on bus journeys is small.
“We have undertaken a range of work to promote best practice in this area, including encouraging local authorities to embrace high-visibility signage and I am pleased Glasgow City Council has agreed to undertake this pilot. These efforts can build on our work to improve safety measures, such as our plans to make seatbelts a legal requirement on all dedicated school transport following devolution of the necessary powers from Westminster.”
