There is apparently a phenomenon in the US now, where parents drive to the school individually to pick up and drop off their children at the beginning and end of the day. Some people I work with even take time off from working to do this. When the parents descend on the school each day there’s insane traffic, cars lined up for miles, all idling their engines. What happened to school buses?
It’s probably less about school buses and more about young people not being allowed to walk around unattended. If parents get police called on them every time they let their children roam free, how are the parents able to let their kids walk to the school bus stop?