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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In a city with a public transportation infrastructure already in place I do not think discussing improvements to it is out of place. I realize most of you have driven all your lives and take this as "the way things are," but I am saying it's messed up.

But it self perpetuates. Since you all don't know of any other way to travel, you don't see a problem. Pick up and drop off lines are normal. Walking .8 miles (about 15 minutes) is suddenly difficult. [/quote]

I am one of the people suggesting that demanding special bus routes for school kids is not reasonable. I was a city kid without a car my whole childhood. I don't have a car (or a driver's license) now. I walk 3/4 of a mile every morning and afternoon with my 5 year old. We have been doing it since she was 3. There are a couple of buses we can take that lessen the walk to about 4 blocks, total. After I drop her off at school, I get on 1 of 3 buses that go from her school to the vicinity of my office. Depending on which bus, sometimes I have to walk as much as 2 blocks to get to my office. When we were looking for schools, I recognized that something that was walkable from our house and accessible to at least 2 different bus lines was essential. That eliminated a lot of schools, but we still had enough to pick from that we had a choice of half a dozen acceptable public options. My kid is perfectly happy to walk the 3/4 of a mile that we walk. Sometimes she listens to music on her headphones, but most mornings, we have a really nice walk together.

It's not that I don't know any other way to travel. It's that I recognize that I already live in a place that has a lot of choices, that has actually made an effort to make as many of them as possible accessible via public transit. People choosing to drive rather than take a bus or walk is not something that the city can really do all that much about. If kids who have to walk 4 blocks are still being driven to school, I don't see how a school bus or a public bus pass is going to solve that problem.[/quote]

You  make some good points. But my snowflake should not have to walk .75 miles in the rain, let alone worse weather! How does yours stand it?
I have the solution--OSSE should reimburse us for the cost of Ubers to get to and from the school.[/quote]

I hope you're being sarcastic. In case you were serious, she has rain boots and an umbrella and a raincoat. In the winter, she has a hat and gloves and a scarf and a warm coat. She also has snow boots, for the 5 days a year that they're helpful. And she doesn't complain about it because it's normal to her that we walk. We only take a cab or Uber if we are carrying so much stuff that we can't carry it. This year, that's happened three times: twice when we were bringing snacks for the whole class and once when I was bringing breakfast for teachers. [/quote]

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