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Highway congestion is starting to bite. How do we get cars off the road? (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/australia@aussie.zone
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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Don't forget schools. On 11% of primary school kids take the bus to school. It's a little better for high school but still nowhere near where it should be.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    That's a great point that I forgot about.

    Back during COVID lockdowns reintroduction of school in my area saw the local streets go from basically empty to back to 80% load, all be it only for the one hour of drop off in the morning, and maybe 60% in the afternoon pick up.

    It was striking how so much of my local traffic was people driving kids a few hundred meters to school (I live in a very school dense area).

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