Submitted by Tasty-Flan6767 t3_ydgz2a in newjersey
TopPangolin t1_itt12a3 wrote
Reply to comment by darkchocolattemocha in Is it just me or is like 100% more people commuting this week vs before by Tasty-Flan6767
Bus only avail if you live 2 miles or more away. Otherwise it's walk or drive.
SyndicalistCPA t1_itutsjh wrote
Really hope that bike bus thing catches on here. There should really be a protected, dedicated bike lane so kids can safely go to school. It would also give them some semblance of autonomy.
TopPangolin t1_ituwul9 wrote
My plan is cargo bike when the kid gets old enough to need it. You can even get one with a full on cover like the pope mobile.
PezXCore t1_itvejng wrote
I wish but it’s just impossible when we live unless they shut down the busiest road around here to car traffic during the bike time. It’s kinda rural up here
Johnsonburnerr t1_ittad5u wrote
So walk? 2 miles commute is kinda far for a walk tbh but it’s totally healthy and good for you so let’s walk that Bitch
whaler76 t1_ittnxqz wrote
Obviously you don’t have kids, maybe oneday you’ll learn haha
Deslah t1_itu17va wrote
Because we weren’t all kids once?
When you relinquish authority to your kids to decide if they’re walking or not, you might as well just give them away, because you’re not fully parenting anymore.
surfnowokgo t1_itu6j8m wrote
You're still a child in imagination land if you think a third grader should cross a highway unattended.
Deslah t1_iu13t4m wrote
Why didn't you say a 2nd grader crossing a turnpike while being egged on by onlookers who are all shouting, "do it! do it! do it!"?
Third graders and highways everywhere? You're still a child in imagination land if you think that applies across the board.
Of course, there would be exceptions, but don't come at with me a shitpost as if that shitpost applies to every single school, in every single county, and in every single city or township.
surfnowokgo t1_iu19kpf wrote
It's not a shit post. There are places with pedestrian infrastructure but they are the exception I believe.
tmmzc85 t1_itufebw wrote
Did it every day going to school in suburban NJ elementary, walked a mile and a half. What highway in Piscataway is uncross-able, 18?
Kids in actual cities walk every day, this just seems like some helicopter parent shit.
surfnowokgo t1_itumfnq wrote
I'd actually feel safer in an urban area. The suburbs have wide streets and people going 45 in a 25, running stop signs. In fog and rain. It is not safe, and I'm not willing to risk my kids life for it. The route to school was not designed for pedestrians.
whaler76 t1_ituvkm2 wrote
Wrong, some of us have other responsibilities such as jobs where a 4 mile walking round trip just doesn’t fit in the schedule
Deslah t1_iu14qmu wrote
Oh.
moomoomoo309 t1_ittbif9 wrote
A lot of schools count the 2 miles regardless of if you can actually walk that way, I know Piscataway did. You can only get to the school from the hoes lane side, not the south randolphville side, because there are no sidewalks along south randolphville road. And yet that counts towards the two miles as if anyone could walk that way 😠
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