New MTO resources: School Bus Safety

Ontario is committed to ensuring students can travel to and from school safely. That is why the Ministry of Transportation-Ontario introduced a new amber-red lighting standard for school buses. Starting July 1, 2022, Ontario will require all school buses manufactured after January 1, 2005, to use an Eight Lamp Amber-Red Warning System to signal when the school bus is slowing (alternating upper amber lights) and stopping (alternating upper red lights) to pick-up or drop-off passengers.

Attached are two new resources to share information and to educate on the changes.

You can access the attached resources as well as the social media assets, in both French and English through our Public Outreach & Education Google Drive.

You can also share the MTO social posts on the new school bus lighting system via