The school bus system is an interesting microcosm of transportation to look at; Over the last 30 years, bus use has dropped while [privileged] parents drive the

The school bus system is an interesting microcosm of transportation to look at; Over the last 30 years, bus use has dropped while [privileged] parents drive their children to school, wait in a carpool lane; Interesting concepts - Time Wasted in the pickup lane (and often the drop off lane) - Traffic in the pickup and drop-off lanes - High School parking lot size - Use during inclement weather In Snowpocalypse in Atlanta, a large portion of the mess was contributed to by the 3 trips; Parent to Home, Parent to School, Parent and Child to home; Instead of offering for parents to pickup their children from school, much of the traffic could have been resolved with the existing bus system; In the end; if chains were needed, it's easier to fit 50 busses with chains in a bus yard than 1000+ cars.