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One option would be to eliminate dedicated high school buses and instead ensure that there are sufficient public bus routes running at that time to fill the rol
by pavon 3y ago
One option would be to eliminate dedicated high school buses and instead ensure that there are sufficient public bus routes running at that time to fill the role (with free passes to all high school students). That would cut down on the total number of buses on the road since you aren't duplicating public and school buses, and decrease the number of shifts that the school buses have to run.
Another is to have high schools start last so they can watch their mid-school age siblings while parents go to work.
- blahedo 3y ago> ...sufficient bus routes running... * cries in American * Your entire premise ("duplicating public and school buses") assumes a public bus infrastructure in the first place. That... is not in general a good assumption for any but the largest US cities.
- legitster 3y agoUrban schools in the US already largely use public transit. The issue is the number of rural school districts in the US.
- pavon 3y agoIn my experience the issue is with medium density cities and suburbs, which account for the bulk of the US population. In the rural area where I grew up, and the few others I am familiar with, the school bus picked all students of all ages at once, because the routes were up to 25 miles one way and it was more efficient to drive them once rather than three times.