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What do you do if you are at work 30 miles from home (the average Atlanta commute) and they boot you out because they're closing down due to the storm? Or because your kindergartener had an early release and you need to be home so she doesn't come home to a cold, empty house? That's what happened to many people.
That's another thing to think about. Atlanta as a region has roughly 4,000 miles of roadway to clear. It would be a hurculean task for any metropolitan area to treat and clear that much road even if they had the equipment. The sprawl of Atlanta and lack of transit options is what trapped people in their cars. In what sane world is a 30 mile commute the norm? In what sane world do we put schools in locations so disconnected to neighborhoods that children have to stay the night because there is no way to walk home or be retrieved by their parents without a car?
The weather was a hardship, but the reliance on cars and highways ultimately created the situation where that hardship couldn't be dealt with.
That's another thing to think about. Atlanta as a region has roughly 4,000 miles of roadway to clear. It would be a hurculean task for any metropolitan area to treat and clear that much road even if they had the equipment. The sprawl of Atlanta and lack of transit options is what trapped people in their cars. In what sane world is a 30 mile commute the norm? In what sane world do we put schools in locations so disconnected to neighborhoods that children have to stay the night because there is no way to walk home or be retrieved by their parents without a car?
The weather created the hardship, but the reliance on cars and highways ultimately created the situation where the hardship couldn't be dealt with.
People needed to stay off the roads....the hardship was not caused by the dependence on cars. The hardship was created by people getting on the roads.
Who ever was in charge of the school closings or not closing should be held accountable.
Each school district gets to make their own decisions.
Now the superintendents may talk among themselves but it's up to each school district's superintendent to make the call.
People needed to stay off the roads....the hardship was not caused by the dependence on cars. The hardship was created by people getting on the roads.
A person who doesn't have to commute 30 miles to work and that doesn't have to depend on a car to get everywhere wouldn't have had to be on the road in the first place. It's one of the external costs of a sprawling built environment. What else are you going to do when your office closes or your child's school closes and you're 30 miles, walk down I-285?
A person who doesn't have to commute 30 miles to work and that doesn't have to depend on a car to get everywhere wouldn't have had to be on the road in the first place. It's one of the external costs of a sprawling built environment. What else are you going to do when your office closes or your child's school closes and you're 30 miles, walk down I-285?
I am in the South my commute is 37 miles one way. On the days that there was a possibility of ice....I did not go to work. Noone was forced to go to work or send their kids to school. Personal responsibility...
Each school district gets to make their own decisions.
Now the superintendents may talk among themselves but it's up to each school district's superintendent to make the call.
I know in NY, they made that determination on whether or not the school busses could run safely. I'm not sure if they do that down south.
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