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[โ€“] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't forget schools. On 11% of primary school kids take the bus to school. It's a little better for high school but still nowhere near where it should be.

[โ€“] Thecornershop@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's a great point that I forgot about.

Back during COVID lockdowns reintroduction of school in my area saw the local streets go from basically empty to back to 80% load, all be it only for the one hour of drop off in the morning, and maybe 60% in the afternoon pick up.

It was striking how so much of my local traffic was people driving kids a few hundred meters to school (I live in a very school dense area).