Much has been said about the younger generation being fat and out of shape. Over busing of students surely has a lot to do with it.
One day recently, in Battle Ground, a bus stopped three times within about 500 feet to let off kids. It stopped once, then roared on about 200 feet, jammed to a halt, let off one more kid, then went 200 feet farther and let off another. All the while there was a long line of cars backed up behind the bus.
Does the bus company assume kids today are unable to walk 200 feet on the sidewalk?
I live on a dead-end street. Buses come down here to let off kids and laboriously turn around at the end in a tight area, presumably so the kids won’t have to walk a few hundred yards home. I wonder how much gas gets wasted because of this that taxpayers have to pay for.
