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The idea that the School District of Philadelphia would spend tens of millions to intensify the city’s traffic violence epidemic is baffling to many of its residents, even those who stand to monetarily benefit from the program.
If you have environments where transportation is difficult and costly altogether, it’s also going to be difficult and costly to run a school bus program. It just brings those issues into focus because one government entity is shouldering the cost and it’s a single budget.
This episode of Upzoned hit home for me. I can’t escape the thought that a community’s traffic/walkability is closely tied to the ability of children to walk to school versus carpooling.