a riding school bus is a group of schoolchildren supervised by one or more adults, riding bicycles along a set route, picking children up at their homes along the way until they all arrive at school. riding school buses are similar to walking bus or bike bus programs. like a traditional bus, riding school buses (also known as rsbs) have a fixed route with designated "bus stops" and "pick up times" in which they pick up children. ideally the riding school bus will include at least 1 adult ‘driver’, who leads the group, and an adult ‘conductor' who supervises from the end of the group.