In April, 5-year-old Lens Joseph was struck and killed by a school bus in Hyde Park. In the wake of that incident, city officials announced an independent investigation into Boston’s school transportation system and its relationship with the international company the city contracts with for school bus services.
A week before the new school year is set to begin in Boston, Mayor Michelle Wu and Superintendent Mary Skipper shared that report with the public. They announced that Boston Public Schools will be implementing all of the recommendations outlined in the report.
The investigation found that Transdev, the company that runs the BPS bus system, has an “insufficient” record-keeping system and “incomplete and unreliable” driver training files. It also found that Transdev “lacks rel