Thunder Bay's school boards actually did something revolutionary years ago: they established a transportation consortium, combining all of their bus routes so that kids from all school boards rode together on the same routes. Each school board starts its schools at different times so buses can make multiple drop-offs, on-time. Students living within a certain walking distance of the school aren't eligible for bus service.

The other irony is that people are moving to neighbourhoods with no schools, having kids, then complaining about the lack of schools. :shrug:

School buses are only around for 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the afternoon. I don't get why people get so upset about them. You know the real cause of all that traffic? All of the private vehicles with a single person in them.

The most absurd are situations where a couple both work in the same facility or neighbourhood, but both drive separately to work. I have a coworker who lives two blocks away but occasionally will drive to work. I don't have a parking spot at home, so when I get a vehicle I'll probably keep it in the parking lot at work two blocks away. :P

Many boards across Ontario have done that in recent years. In Kingston we have combined busing. When I was in high school in exurban Ottawa, we had combined busing with the elementary school and Catholic high school starting when I was in Grade 11.

White Rock BC....................$1.52/liter for regular.

It's smart that they are doing this.

Sad to say it but in many cases it's also about sleeping in as long as possible or being at the last minute in the morning. If walking takes 10 minutes and driving takes 2 minutes and you're pressed for time, well...

115.9 west Edmonton

Work supplies them to us.

$1.22 at the Tyendinaga Reserve near Belleville yesterday. Filled up on the way to Toronto and again on the way back to Kingston.

A Couple of stations around town spiked to $1.25 last week but most are at $1.15 -1.12.

I had a couple of Montreal people over at my house this weekend, and they exclaimed, "Your gas is cheap".. at 135.9.

145.9 in Thunder Bay, though some stations in the central and northern parts of the city are at 139.9. Between 114 and 129 at the five reserve gas stations. The gas train stopped by a few days ago, so these prices will be in place for a couple weeks.

I've seen $1.38-$1.40 lately.

$135.9 in the east end today.

148.9 today.

124.9 driving to work in Edmonton this morning. 3 days ago at 112.9

Currently ranging from $1.429 CAN to $0.97 US per liter in the Greater Greater Sherbrooke area.

Gas jumped in price here last night, like 6 or 8 cents. Wait a second, I thought that happens only on long weekends! The conspiracy theorists lied??

Here, it usually goes down just before the big weekend.

127.9 here at most stations in Calgary, though I have seen 125.9.

Same here. 139.9 and has been for months.