In most instances, school bus manufacturers are second stage manufacturers; however, a few school buses (typically those of Type D configuration) utilize a body and chassis produced by a single manufacturer.
Although school buses are typically body-on-frame, Type D school buses are typically of monocoque/semi-monocoque design.
School bus configurations
The North American school bus industry produces buses in four different body configurations, listed below:
Lists of manufacturers
See also
- List of buses
References
- School Bus types School Transportation News, retrieved 3 January 2010^
- THE FOURTEENTH NATIONAL CONGRESS ON SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION. NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION SPECIFICATIONS and PROCEDURES (2005 Revised Edition) retrieved 5 January 2014^
- RIDE RIDE, retrieved 2025-02-12^