> I'm curious, are there large cities in the USA where this can happen? Yes, GP appears to be ill-informed about how kids get to school in large parts of the

> I'm curious, are there large cities in the USA where this can happen? Yes, GP appears to be ill-informed about how kids get to school in large parts of the US. In NYC, students take public transit (and are provided passes, if necessary) from approx 13 years old. The same concept applies in most cities I know of on the East Coast (I can't speak for further west, though it appears Chicago has a similar system).