How School Traffic Impacts A Community

8 September 2003 - 2:00pm

How changes in society and preceptions have resulted in the death of the bus and each parent driving jr. to school.

"Throughout Sonoma County, moms and dads are loading their kids into minivans and SUVs and crowding the streets in a frenzy to arrive at campus before the first bell rings."

Full Story: Schools and Traffic
Source: Santa Rosa Press Democrat, September 8, 2003
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