A local elementary school was built 3 miles outside of town because someone donated the land for a school to be built.
Great. Now the kids have to be bussed in. And parents that drive them in and out create traffic jams twice a day.
I live in a very remote community. Mostly retired folks. But those families with kids have a one hour bus ride each way every day.
My grandniece is fortunate in that her bus ride only takes about 10 minutes, each way. She lives only 2.5 miles from the school, but it would be too dangerous to walk or ride a bicycle. The roads here are narrow, with minimal shoulders, and speed limit most of the way is 55 mph.
Here in Oregon the school buses are “free”. Schools are paid for by federal and state funding, plus local property taxes.
An hour each way for 3 miles? Everyone driving 3 mph, are they?