Angry parents – dissatisfaction about waiting too long for the bus

Many students take the bus to school in the morning and then back home later. As every year, this school year also brings new bus times. This is also the case in Großpetersdorf, where parents are very dissatisfied. The reason is the discontinuation of student transport, which in Austria is financed by the tax authorities and operated by private bus companies.

Regular transport cannot respond flexibly
Since the beginning of this school year, children who want to go to Jabing, Rotenturm or Oberwart have been dependent on the buses of Verkehrsbetriebe Burgenland (VBB). Due to the axis system, these are linked to arrival and departure times and cannot act flexibly. In the case of Großpetersdorf, the buses run every hour from 12:47 to 15:47.

37 minutes waiting time too long for parents
An unacceptable situation for the angry parents. If the high school students get off at 2:10 or 3:05 p.m., they have to wait 37 minutes or 42 minutes for the next bus, which is too long. Mind you: without supervision. “The children lose valuable free time as a result. “In addition, we are always told that we have to save CO², but how can we save if we always have to pick up our children,” says an affected mother.

BAST no alternative solution
Parents are also very dissatisfied with the VBB, because BAST is also excluded as an alternative solution. Students can only use it from 4:30 p.m. VBB director Wolfgang Werderits refers in the case to a federal decree stating that children may wait a maximum of one hour and passes the ball to the local leaders. “You could perhaps turn a few screws here when it comes to lesson times or supervision requirements,” says Werderits, and that is also possible in other communities.