- Target:
- Oklahoma Public School District, and Oklahoma Public Schools Department of Transportation
- Region:
- United States of America
The Oklahoma Public School District’s Department of Transportation has a rule in place the only allows bussing for school age children who live further than 1.5 miles from the school they’re attending. The children that live closer, have to either walk, sometimes across busy intersections, or be driven to school; this includes children that live right next to a bus stop.
We are proposing adding a bus stop for children that have no other alternative way to get to school safely.
The route currently taken in the morning by the school bus is 3.42 miles, and takes a total drive time of 10 minutes. The proposed new morning route would take 11 minutes and the new distance would be 3.62 miles. There are at least 10 children who would benefit from this bus stop. The route currently taken in the afternoon by the bus is 2.16 miles and takes 7 minutes.
The proposed new afternoon route would be 2.36 miles and take 7 minutes to drive. This would be a difference of 1 minute and .20 of a mile in the morning, and 0 additional minutes and .20 of a mile in the afternoon, and save roughly 10 children from having two walk and cross two extremely busy intersections.
We, the undersigned, politely request that a bus stop be added at the corner of SW 56th Street and S. Francis Avenue, for Bussing to Parmalee Elementary School located at 6700 S Hudson Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73139.
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The More Bus Stops for SW Oklahoma City petition to Oklahoma Public School District, and Oklahoma Public Schools Department of Transportation was written by Christina Heater and is in the category Children's Rights at GoPetition.