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[quote=Anonymous]Two other problems with DCPS busing... a.) DCPS has a huge fleet of mini buses that take special needs kids to specialized schools outside of the city - and from what I've seen, it's hundreds of buses, one bus per kid, which is very wasteful, even a cheap piece of software like Microsoft Streets can analyze pickups between point A and point B and potentially be used to optimize routes so that it's not just one bus per kid. b.) DCPS has huge yards full of big yellow school buses that from what I've seen don't take kids anywhere, and instead just sit there not being used. Where's the alternatives and cost benefit analysis? If it's cheaper to put them on metro buses, then why keep the big yellow school buses around? Sell them, before they turn into a maintenance nightmare from sitting so long. Or, vice versa - if the yellow school buses are cost effective, then put them to work already.[/quote]
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