Exploring the origins of the iconic big yellow school buses that transport around 26 million children across the U.S. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.

Motorized buses followed by the 1910s, and in 1937, a group at a bus-improvement conference settled on what’s now called National School Bus Glossy Yellow as the standardized color for the vehicles.

Exploring the origins of the iconic big yellow school buses that transport around 26 million children across the U.S. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.

The decision to make yellow the standard colour for school buses dates back to the 1930s. U.S. transportation officials wanted to make school buses safer by having a uniform colour.