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Anonymous wrote:I just don't get why the buses all seem to stop so often these days?

It is not at all rare for a bus picking up kids in a residential neighborhood to average about 4-5 stops every 1/4 of a mile & for these stops to not even be separated by any major crossroads -- or, oftentimes, any crossroads at all. Since they are not needed to prevent kids from having to cross major roads, why on earth are these extremely frequent bus stops necessary? Can kids really no longer be expected to walk more than 100 feet max twice a day?

And before anyone accuses me of being insensitive, I am obviously not referring to kids with special needs who have legitimate reasons for being unable to walk more than 100 feet.

Because you don't want your kid walking 1/8 of a mile or 1/4 of a mile in the dark in snow on icy roads with no curbs during winter.

This might be a valid reason where you live (though only really for the first run routes) but I live somewhere where, other than kids in out-of-district special needs programs -- who are nowhere near so plentiful that buses are stopping every hundred feet or so to pick them up -- ,only kids in high school qualify for bussing. This eliminates the need for staggered start times &, combined with the fact that none of the bus routes are very long, means that even the earliest pick-up times are much later than they are many other places. As a result,no kids are getting picked up along these routes while it is still dark out, regardless of the time of year. Yet the bus stops are still extremely close together.

How wonderful for you wherever you live Back to DCUM. The routes are set by the counties in the fall according to number of students and stops and per the darker months of the winter. In No. Virginia, it is dark when my child leaves for the bus stop. Black dark. no street lights. no side walks. And we often have snow and ice. I escort her to the stop just in case a car doesn't see her or overshoots and plows into her in a snowbank. That's why there are stops every 1/4 of a mile as OP stated.

Anonymous wrote:Sooo annoying

AMEN!!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just don't get why the buses all seem to stop so often these days?

It is not at all rare for a bus picking up kids in a residential neighborhood to average about 4-5 stops every 1/4 of a mile & for these stops to not even be separated by any major crossroads -- or, oftentimes, any crossroads at all. Since they are not needed to prevent kids from having to cross major roads, why on earth are these extremely frequent bus stops necessary? Can kids really no longer be expected to walk more than 100 feet max twice a day?

And before anyone accuses me of being insensitive, I am obviously not referring to kids with special needs who have legitimate reasons for being unable to walk more than 100 feet.

Because you don't want your kid walking 1/8 of a mile or 1/4 of a mile in the dark in snow on icy roads with no curbs during winter.

This might be a valid reason where you live (though only really for the first run routes) but I live somewhere where, other than kids in out-of-district special needs programs -- who are nowhere near so plentiful that buses are stopping every hundred feet or so to pick them up -- ,only kids in high school qualify for bussing. This eliminates the need for staggered start times &, combined with the fact that none of the bus routes are very long, means that even the earliest pick-up times are much later than they are many other places. As a result,no kids are getting picked up along these routes while it is still dark out, regardless of the time of year. Yet the bus stops are still extremely close together.

ME TOO! Especially the ‘one kid’ houses and the kid is nowhere to be found. Should be a rule-you’re not visible when the bus arrives, bus is leaving.

I hate when the school bus stops in front of an individuals home and that child is not ready. The bus has stopped to wait and put out it's sign. Now the rest of us have to wait for the child to exit the front door and board the bus.

I have no issues waiting for the bus and the children when the children are at the bus stop waiting to board the bus as it arrives. I'm even patient when the the straggling kid comes running towards the bus.

But if you have the luxury of waiting inside your front door for the bus, you should be ready to go when it pulls up. I should not have to wait 3-4 min for your departure.

Anonymous wrote:I just don't get why the buses all seem to stop so often these days?

It is not at all rare for a bus picking up kids in a residential neighborhood to average about 4-5 stops every 1/4 of a mile & for these stops to not even be separated by any major crossroads -- or, oftentimes, any crossroads at all. Since they are not needed to prevent kids from having to cross major roads, why on earth are these extremely frequent bus stops necessary? Can kids really no longer be expected to walk more than 100 feet max twice a day?

And before anyone accuses me of being insensitive, I am obviously not referring to kids with special needs who have legitimate reasons for being unable to walk more than 100 feet.

Because you don't want your kid walking 1/8 of a mile or 1/4 of a mile in the dark in snow on icy roads with no curbs during winter.

You guys sound like aholes.

Plan your commute better, they bus stops at the same time everyday.

Anonymous wrote:It's surprising that they aren't encouraged to pull over a couple of times per route to let people pass legally (i.e. without the doors open and without the no passing signs/lights).

Why would they do this? So impatient people can get to work 10 seconds faster? You do realize in congested areas (which is pretty much the entire DMV) that speeding makes almost no difference?

Anonymous wrote:It’s the worst!!! And my kid takes the bus! It’s still so damn annoying!

OMG suburban drama queens. The horror of being stuck in your comfortable car not exceeding the speed limit every single moment! Hopefully your radio and phone won't breakdown while you are stuck behind a school bus!

It's surprising that they aren't encouraged to pull over a couple of times per route to let people pass legally (i.e. without the doors open and without the no passing signs/lights).

It’s the worst!!! And my kid takes the bus! It’s still so damn annoying!

I just don't get why the buses all seem to stop so often these days?

It is not at all rare for a bus picking up kids in a residential neighborhood to average about 4-5 stops every 1/4 of a mile & for these stops to not even be separated by any major crossroads -- or, oftentimes, any crossroads at all. Since they are not needed to prevent kids from having to cross major roads, why on earth are these extremely frequent bus stops necessary? Can kids really no longer be expected to walk more than 100 feet max twice a day?

And before anyone accuses me of being insensitive, I am obviously not referring to kids with special needs who have legitimate reasons for being unable to walk more than 100 feet.

I have to time what time I leave the house based on when the school busses are on the road. I live off Bradley where there is literally a bus stop at every two streets - get stuck behind that bus and you will be 10 minutes late to wherever you're going.

Me too!

Sooo annoying