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mike	09-25-05 01:14 AM

Wait 'till the guvna figures out how much fuel and tax money he can save by closing schools all together! Just have to find someone who can do the math?... Maybe the Georgia leadership can hire somebody from another state where people actually attended school...

wheezl

09-25-05 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by jyossarian

Here in NYC, the snow had to be around 3 ft. deep before they called a snow day and only cuz it would take the us so long to walk to school and the teachers even longer cuz they took the subways and buses. We didn't have school buses and no one drove us.

As for conserving gas, didn't we go through this in the 1970's? That's when Japanese cars became so popular for their fuel efficiency and people took mass transit and car pooled. I wonder if now's a good time to buy Honda and Toyota stock.

Don't forget that when the snow is 3ft high it is that way for 2 weeks because NYC has no concept of how to actually deal with the snow. (except for the few snow melters they use to keep Wall Street working)

Buy stock in who ever is making diesel passenger cars. They get better mileage than Gasoline Hybrids.

xyz	09-25-05 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by -=£em in Pa=-

Not to hijack the thread but somewhat related.....
Wacky politicians, people who just dont get alternative trans etc, etc...
A Fox Propaganda dissemination agent was interviewing McCain last night
about government pork and asked McCain if he would stop funding for bicycle
and ped walkways to try to cut pork spending in Az and McCain said
resoundingly he would have no problem doing that.
What type of thought process or lack thereof, would lead someone to think
that making it difficult for non-oil using modes of transit in this time is a good idea ?
:rolleyes:

Here in Michigan they passed some law that would force them to use a % of transportation money for bike stuff. The Powers That Be refuse to make any kind of bike lanes(please no VC comments) so they use the money to spread wood chips on the mountian bike paths. An older guy in this area I have known since high school who was a civil engineer quit his job over this issue.

And so it goes.

grolby

09-25-05 08:17 AM

I'd like to point out that this is a useless gesture when it comes to saving fuel. These "inclement weather" days will need to be made up, which means that those 250,000 gallons of diesel WILL be purchased and wasted, just at a later date when it's more expensive to buy. This isn't going to do the state of Georgia a lick of good. Congrats, Georgia.

CBBaron

09-26-05 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by grolby

I imagine it maybe different in Georgia but I know my school district planned 5 extra days into the year to allow for snow days. Since the school district is mostly rural and 18"+ schools are not uncommom it make since.
Still I think the Gov is concerned about short term usage not long term.
Craig

Daily Commute

09-26-05 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by xyz

Then perhaps they might put the money into other things that student cyclists might find useful. For example, making traffic sensors near schools sensitive to small bicycles. Or providing secure, covered bike parking at schools.

Daily Commute

09-27-05 03:34 AM

NPR did a story on it last night. It turns out that lots of people ended driving their kids to the mall or to day care. One mother said that the decision took one bus off the street, but added 50 cars. Her math may be off, but it sounds like she had the right idea.

RonH	09-27-05 05:31 AM

I live in the metro Atlanta area and most of the school buses I see have 3 to 10 kids on board. GA (or at least metro Atlanta) wastes lots and lots of $$$ and fuel hauling kids all over town for "political" reasons.

Sonny's idea isn't that wonderful. Most Georgians are pissed because they have to find someone to watch their kids or some place for their kids to go.

Not me. My youngest is 25. I was just happy not to see any school buses on the way to and from work. :D

Patch29

09-27-05 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by RonH

I wonder what the fuel savings would have been if he asked all the parents to not drive their children to school for a week and they actually complied by putting their children on the bus?

jimmuter

09-27-05 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Daily Commute

Why not have a walk-your-kid-to-school day? Most elementary school students are within a mile of their school. For most, that's an easily walkable distance.

Not here. They still do 'busing'. My sons' elementary school they are zoned for is 8 miles up the road. In order to get there, we actually have to pass three other elementary schools. Luckily we also have magnet schools and our kids got in through the lottery to a school that is less than one mile away from our house. When I was a kid, we rode bikes to school almost every day. Those were the days.

treuter

09-27-05 10:00 AM

I wonder how much actual gas WAS saved in Georgia: while the state may have not used 250,000 gallons per day, how many were used by hundreds of thousands of families taking kids to baby sitters, or heading out for an unplanned trip to the mall.

Kee-jerk response is right!

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