My mind is in a whirl what can I do.
Joe Brown & the Bruvvers 1962
I totally lost my thread when I originally did this blog.
I meant to comment more on the coaches but just sort of drifted away from the subject.
One of the major differences in our use of coaches is the school trade.
Factor 1.
In England, our children are only entitled to school transport if they live over a certain distance from the school.
Effectively that cuts out about 75% of travel for kids and at a guess, most of the junior schools, up to the age of 12, never see a school bus.
Factor 2
In England we do not have school buses! This service is provided by local coach companies on a contract basis. When these coaches are not being used for the kids, they are free to be used elsewhere. Hence, they are able to offer a good fare structure for these other occasions as they have a regular income from the school run and anything else is a bonus.
I am amazed when I see so many school buses here, lying idle except for a couple of hours in the morning and afternoon.
Do they get used for anything else?
Do the drivers only get paid for a few hours a day?
How much does it cost the education system or is the cost borne by the school?
Who gave Giuliani duff advice?
Is every child taken to & from school?
Why am I waffling on?
One other thing I ommitted to say on the earlier blog was that apart from the major roads, street lighting here is virtually non-existent.
As soon as you move into side streets and residential areas, it's like going into the Black hole of Calcutta. Quite a surprise when you first encounter it as all our streets are lit up 'til the early hours or even longer.
Not a complaint, just another observation and with that I will bid you farewell.
I promise I will come up with something better soon.
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Come up with something better? I doubt it, for there's no need. That was extremely interesting about the school bus situation and if I were younger I might try to be an activist to get things changed. Makes good sense to do it the way it's done in Britain. You make a good point about street lighting, too. We're lucky in our neighborhood to be well lit. Thanks for fulfilling your promise.....now if only I could exact a promise that this blog will carry on beyond next Wednesday, I'd be one happy creature.
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