That's true for almost all mass transportation today

City transit buses have stops every couple of blocks. Amtrak stops all the time. I've often thought if Amtrak only stopped every, say, 150-200 miles, more people would ride it because it wouldn't take 2-3 days days to travel what is a 15-hour drive.

In response to this post by Hurley09

Posted: 03/15/2019 at 11:55AM

Got suck behind a school bus yesterday. It made two stops within a block. -- Hurley09 03/15/2019 11:15AM

Bet parents parked at the side of the road to drive them 1/2 block home ** -- 81_Hokie 03/16/2019 3:33PM

Every driveway here. ** -- YardBird 03/15/2019 2:20PM

In my day I walked 2 miles through the snow....Ooh, wait. I never did that ** -- 48zip 03/15/2019 1:55PM

If you count round trip then I did do that in 4th & 5th & 7th-9th. Although -- Hoakie82 03/15/2019 3:51PM

The same thing happens on my street. God forbid the kids walk 200 feet. ** -- HokieNoVA 03/15/2019 12:54PM

How about the parents sitting in a car at the end of a long-ish driveway -- HokieSignGuy 03/15/2019 1:58PM

Yeah, that's sad. ** -- 48zip 03/15/2019 2:31PM

IIRC, when my son was in elementary school, no kid on the street -- Tafkam Hokie 03/15/2019 12:42PM

I make it a rule to leave the gym in the morning before a certain time so -- AZHokie59 03/15/2019 12:30PM

Not sure...my kid Ubers to/from school. -- MP4VT2004 03/15/2019 12:27PM

You mean the school that you paid 100 large to just to get him in the door? ** -- BTHokie 03/15/2019 12:45PM

Psh...if I had that kind of coin, we'd have our own chaueffer. -- MP4VT2004 03/15/2019 12:49PM

I once got sucked behind a school bus. ** -- DHokie 03/15/2019 12:26PM

The janitor make you promise not to tell anyone? ** -- One4VT 03/15/2019 1:02PM

TMI ** -- MrBayAreaHokie 03/15/2019 12:52PM

The bad thing is, those stops were only two blocks from the school. ** -- Hokie360 03/15/2019 12:23PM

Wow you and your SO are a lot braver than I ** -- HokieMacDaddy 03/15/2019 12:09PM

Yes. Path of least litigiousness ** -- Newt 03/15/2019 12:06PM

That's true for almost all mass transportation today -- WestyHokie 03/15/2019 11:55AM

Couple weeks ago I watched school bus run 3 red lights, I was stopped by -- B777Fr8Dog 03/15/2019 11:54AM

Thank you for all of the kids you may have saved from injury or worse! ** -- EDGEMAN 03/15/2019 12:07PM

Good for you, the bus driver has more than themselves on the -- fordham 03/15/2019 12:00PM

Yep, she had 2 onboard at the time. ** -- B777Fr8Dog 03/15/2019 12:01PM

If she is blatantly running red lights like that I would bet she -- fordham 03/15/2019 4:17PM

Wow, that must've stucked. ** -- squarerootofone 03/15/2019 11:53AM

Depends if the block has designated walking path between the 2 points.. -- BleedinOandM 03/15/2019 11:52AM

I watched same thing last month... what a waste of fuel -- One4VT 03/15/2019 11:46AM

Got suck behind a school bus? How old was she? ** -- vt90 03/15/2019 11:45AM

I can't believe it took 30 minutes to get here... -- BTHokie 03/15/2019 12:43PM

Two words = fat kids ** -- FfxStationHokie 03/15/2019 11:33AM

Fat kids are harder to kidnap -- statmanfromHCyrs 03/15/2019 11:37AM

Indeed ** -- vt90 03/15/2019 11:54AM

In Mont Co Va, the majority of the stops are at individual addresses -- JoesterVT 03/15/2019 11:28AM

Are there sidewalks? Rural routes stop at each house, unless a -- statmanfromHCyrs 03/15/2019 11:28AM

Yeah, plenty of them. This was in Falls Church. ** -- Hurley09 03/15/2019 11:30AM

I think it depends on the age of the kids, and number getting on & off ** -- Dan1993 03/15/2019 11:24AM

Yes ** -- fordham 03/15/2019 11:21AM

That's true for almost all mass transportation today

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