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That seems better to me than paving a big parking lot just for the short time kids are dropped off. Plus this way we don’t subsidize those who drive at the exp

That seems better to me than paving a big parking lot just for the short time kids are dropped off. Plus this way we don’t subsidize those who drive at the expense of those who don’t.

mwkaufma 3y ago
The schools are not located in places that have walking access, so that's a "subsidy" unavailable to anyone.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > schools are not located in places that have walking access Busses.
  - taeric 3y ago
    And just don't ever have events at the school for families to go to? Or are we talking not just "school busses" at this point? I'm all for public transit. Is a heavy lift for a lot of urban locations, though. And certainly not in the budget control of most schools.
    - brewdad 3y ago
      My kid's middle school had a small lot for staff and about a dozen additional spaces. Overflow parking was on the street. Zero need for a giant parking lot. If grandma can't walk the two blocks, then drop her off closer. Everyone else is less than 5 minutes from the school the handful of times a year there was a schoolwide event. The high school had a giant parking lot but it was completely filled with student's cars and had a waitlist for permits.
      - taeric 3y ago
        The schools I remember from denser city living would have had you parking far more than 2 blocks away. Sadly, there was also a fair bit of crime not far away, either. :( Some of the schools I remember, had neighborhoods that would get swamped with people parking all over the street. Many of the locals would get rather annoyed with it. Thankfully, this wasn't that common. Even in the rural districts I'm in, now, there is no legal parking for many blocks around. Thankfully, nobody cares and the street becomes the overflow parking. Note, I am not complaining on this. I like that nobody gets into a fuss over the few times a year people park on the street like crazy.
    - deleted 3y ago
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That seems better to me than paving a big parking lot just for the short time kids are dropped off. Plus this way we don’t subsidize those who drive at the expense of those who don’t.

mwkaufma 3y ago

The schools are not located in places that have walking access, so that's a "subsidy" unavailable to anyone.

JumpCrisscross 3y ago
> schools are not located in places that have walking access Busses.
- taeric 3y ago
  And just don't ever have events at the school for families to go to? Or are we talking not just "school busses" at this point? I'm all for public transit. Is a heavy lift for a lot of urban locations, though. And certainly not in the budget control of most schools.
  - brewdad 3y ago
    My kid's middle school had a small lot for staff and about a dozen additional spaces. Overflow parking was on the street. Zero need for a giant parking lot. If grandma can't walk the two blocks, then drop her off closer. Everyone else is less than 5 minutes from the school the handful of times a year there was a schoolwide event. The high school had a giant parking lot but it was completely filled with student's cars and had a waitlist for permits.
    - taeric 3y ago
      The schools I remember from denser city living would have had you parking far more than 2 blocks away. Sadly, there was also a fair bit of crime not far away, either. :( Some of the schools I remember, had neighborhoods that would get swamped with people parking all over the street. Many of the locals would get rather annoyed with it. Thankfully, this wasn't that common. Even in the rural districts I'm in, now, there is no legal parking for many blocks around. Thankfully, nobody cares and the street becomes the overflow parking. Note, I am not complaining on this. I like that nobody gets into a fuss over the few times a year people park on the street like crazy.
  - deleted 3y ago
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