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Again, it has been mentioned many times that the charges could be need based, meaning that a formula would be used to determine who has to pay. Just like school lunches. Why is that so wrong? The school lunch programs ensure that all children eat at school, regardless of their ability to pay, and a paid busing system could do the same. [/quote]

Sure! And there should be tolls on the cars in which parents drive their children to school, too! Just like buses and school lunches. In fact, the tolls should be high, because we don't want to encourage more driving; we want to encourage parents (who can afford it) to pay the bus fees or to carpool. So if you think $650 per year is reasonable for a school bus, then the tolls need to be meaningfully higher than that. Let's say, $3.50 per vehicle per trip? $7 dollars per day, or around $1,260 per year? And your kid wouldn't be allowed into the school/into the car without proof of payment. How does that sound?[/quote]

No fee to drive your kid to school, obviously, just like there’s no charge to pack their lunch. [/quote]

What's obvious about it? Driving your kid to school has costs. Why shouldn't you pay them?[/quote]

Well if you drive down I-270, you might pay some tolls, but society has decided that is reasonable under the circumstances. Just like the change from HOV to tolling on I-66 earlier this year that everyone was up in arms about, but which has worked very well. [/quote]

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