[HartleyMBaldwin]

There’s an elementary school not far from where I live. When I’m out walking in the mornings, I see kids waiting for the bus less than 400 yards from the school, and there’s a sidewalk the whole way. They wait longer for the bus than it would take to walk.

There are also cars lined up for blocks to drop kids off, mostly SUVs and pickups, and nearly every one idling. It’s just ridiculous.

[rlmorel]

"...I see kids waiting for the bus less than 400 yards from the school, and there’s a sidewalk the whole way. They wait longer for the bus than it would take to walk..."

There is something bizarrely wrong with that. It signifies a deeper rot of some kind.