Fuller loads - USA - Pain at pump means full school buses
Eagle County, Col,USA -Vail Daily, by Connie Steiert -Jan 14, 2006: -- When gas prices started skyrocketing this past summer, consumers began to look for ways to save at the pump. Some purchased hybrid cars, some carpooled and others rode the bus... Many local parents decided one way to save pennies at the pump was to send their children to school on the bus. Parents, who used to chauffeur tykes to the front door of their neighborhood school, are now waving them off at the bus stop near home... School buses have been carrying much fuller loads since the beginning of the school year, says Melanie McMichael, director of transportation for the Eagle County School District...
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