Training on safe bus usage by the public transport (PT) operator to school students

The campaign,organised and ran by the bus operator’s employees syndicate,was targeted to primary school students. The process’ total duration was 2 teaching hours per case and it included both theoretical education in the classroom provided by transport engineers (45 minutes) and experiential education inside a real bus with an experienced bus driver (15 minutes per group of 25 pupils). The 1st part included a presentation on PT, reference to the eco-friendliness of the bus and its rules (rights-obligations), explanation of bus tickets categories, demonstration of PT’s telematics system and multimedia applications as well as answer to all the questions posed. The 2nd part included the actual training on safe bus usage, demonstration of passengers’ proper behavior inside and outside of the bus and the passengers’ rights/obligations on action. It was an opportunity for a 2-way relationship with drivers, ticket inspectors, etc.
After the completion of the training, a certificate was provided to the participants, maps of the bus routes were distributed and a call for active participation of students in artistic creations (photos, sketches, texts, paintings) took place on the subject «I travel by bus, I protect the environment».
This practice achieved benefits for the young students, the local society and the bus operator as well. Integrating the methods to the annual program and having a school bus evacuation drill in case of emergency are some of the prospects for improvement.