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Dr_Adequate t1_is7awjs wrote

Reply to comment by Worstcase_Rider in What am amazing state we live in, where you get views like this on a random suburban as you drive the kids to the school! by AuntiLou

One of the most-common complaints every city and county gets: "There's too much congestion at my kids' school! Do something about it!"

Many school districts have a seat on a bus for every child. Some require children within a certain distance (like one mile) walk to school, but the rest have a seat on a bus.

And what happens? There's a giant traffic jam of SUVs and minivans outside every school, because the parents think their child deserves better than riding the bus. Or they can't bear the idea their child walk a mile a day.

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red_medicine t1_is7kony wrote

I'm all for kids taking busses and walking but there's also a bus driver shortage.

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Worstcase_Rider t1_is7s06n wrote

If you increase pay... The shortage disappears.

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MurlockHolmes t1_is814x2 wrote

What a revolutionary and radical idea

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derkajit t1_is8mu0g wrote

no, that’s not gonna work... Let’s cut taxes on the rich instead.

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Rocketgirl8097 t1_is8qg2k wrote

They work a couple hours in the morning and a couple in the afternoon. Its essentially part time. Who wants that?

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Worstcase_Rider t1_is8txa7 wrote

So... Increase pay? Or stagger school schedules so they drive all day. These problems have solutions.

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Rocketgirl8097 t1_isfqgwd wrote

Adjusting school schedules is not the fix. Now you have parents that have to adjust all of THEIR jobs for a handful of bus drivers. Get your city transit to run a few routes. That's what they did for awhile in Richland. Or it wouldn't kill the little darlings to walk.

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boing757 t1_is7kazc wrote

No school 'requires' a student to walk to school. Perhaps parents feel like it's a safer option to accompany their children to school.

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True2this t1_is7maps wrote

Kids within a mile of the school here in King County by default don’t get a seat on the school bus. Might be able to get one in certain circumstances but the default is no seat. Source: am parent with kid who had no seat on bus

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charcuteriebroad t1_is7zk9e wrote

It’s the same in Pierce. I would have to walk with or drive my daughter next year since we live within a mile of the elementary school. They only run a bus for certain neighborhoods due to distance.

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Dr_Adequate t1_is7rxqh wrote

Sure. And those are, I guarantee you, the same parents complaining about how traffic is so bad at their school when they go to drop off & pick up their kids.

I hear the phone calls, I read the emails.

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