For sure on the second part but on the first I dunno - I get the feeling that PPS considers itself to have solved the transportation problem and it’s not even on anyone’s back burner to try to get yellow buses for high schoolers, even if employment trends make that possible at any point.

It would be great if someone were working on getting yellow buses back for all students and removing the free PAT passes. Initially the students started hanging around that corner because the city buses can’t fit everyone at once, so they needed to wait through several cycles. (Plus the PAT drivers won’t take more than a few at a time and I do not blame them one bit.) Now I’m sure they’re hanging around because it’s, well, the hangout spot, but if their free ride home left at 2:20 in front of Dice and it’s that or pay or walk, they’d mostly take the yellow bus and the critical-mass element would be removed. I’m not saying this is a cure for all ills, but it would take some of the pressure off the areas around the school.