[bitshiftfaced]

From what I'm reading, it was a big factor that children were walking to school in the dark. One stat I read was that since that time the percentage of kids walking/cycling to school went from almost 50% to now 10%. Maybe that could make the difference this time around.

[kgwxd]

They still have to walk to the bus stop.

[maxerickson]

Buses here go door to door. Or almost anyway. I guess it's because the school age population has declined.