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When transportation replaces education

  • 1.  When transportation replaces education

    Posted 07-19-2016 09:46 PM

    What transportation service is free but costs taxpayers $25 billion a year?

    That is a great pop quiz question. It could be augmented with all kinds of other surprising numbers around transportation and education.

    Yes, this is right. The topic is school transportation in the US. It has a hefty price tag: Try this: More than have of all students nationwide are shuttled to school on public expense every day at an average cost of somewhere around at least $700 bucks per year (costs vary widely by state), that is 6.5% of the total education cost per student. It is about 1/3 of what the average US household spends on car fuel per year and about 14 times what the average American spends on books.

    In summer when the roads are much less clogged, we realize how much real estate...

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    Community Architect: Schools: When Transportation Replaces Education

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    Nikolaus Philipsen FAIA
    Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
    Baltimore MD
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