I was thinking about a couple of things that could be mandated that would save big time.
School kids should ride busses. Period. Especially teenagers in high school. Unless a child is approved to come to school from an area where no school bus from that school goes by their house. If they miss the bus, their parents can take them, but it must be with a note and a limit to the number of times it can happen. The greenies usually push mass transit, but the sad fact is that mass transit is not an option for 90% or better of the nation. School is NOT one of those places. It has probably the oldest mass transit system in existence... EVERYWHERE.
Large companies in rural areas where there is no mass transit that are truly concious of this should aid employees in finding car pooling buddies. Post a map board where employees can put dots with their employee numbers or other identifying information. They can then request information about dots close to them. Maybe even provide small shift bonuses for all participants of a carpool group. Aid the effort by adjusting work times to be the same for workers who live in a specific small area to help facilitate their car pooling.
School kids should ride busses. Period. Especially teenagers in high school. Unless a child is approved to come to school from an area where no school bus from that school goes by their house. If they miss the bus, their parents can take them, but it must be with a note and a limit to the number of times it can happen. The greenies usually push mass transit, but the sad fact is that mass transit is not an option for 90% or better of the nation. School is NOT one of those places. It has probably the oldest mass transit system in existence... EVERYWHERE.
Large companies in rural areas where there is no mass transit that are truly concious of this should aid employees in finding car pooling buddies. Post a map board where employees can put dots with their employee numbers or other identifying information. They can then request information about dots close to them. Maybe even provide small shift bonuses for all participants of a carpool group. Aid the effort by adjusting work times to be the same for workers who live in a specific small area to help facilitate their car pooling.