Only 1% of America’s iconic yellow school buses are electric but converting the whole diesel fleet would cost nearly $200 billion. To cut emissions and spare children from the dangerous fumes, many feel it's a price worth paying. | Business Insider

Why ARE American School Buses Yellow?

Do you remember the TTC's Orion VI low floor buses? The TTC’s Orion VI buses (fleet 9200–9249) were Toronto’s early experiment with true low-floor accessibility—built for the TTC’s CNG era and based out of Wilson Division. After long delivery delays, they finally arrived by mid-1998, but their short career was dramatic: the whole fleet was pulled from service in Sept 1998 due to wheel issues, then returned in 1999 after fixes. As the TTC later moved away from natural gas, the Orion VIs weren’t c