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With schools cutting bus service, parents are turning to ride-hailing apps to fill the gaps

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72% Informative

Only about 28 percent of U.S. students take a school bus, according to a Federal Highway Administration survey.

Chicago Public Schools has significantly curbed bus service in recent years .

The question of how to replace the traditional yellow bus has become an urgent problem for some.

HopSkipDrive contracts directly with school districts to assist students without reliable transportation.

Companies catering to kids claim to screen drivers more extensively.

Drivers and children are often given passwords that must match, and parents can track a child’s whereabouts in real time.

Kango , a competitor to HopSkipDrive, started as a free carpooling app similar to the PiggyBack Network .

VR Score

80

Informative language

83

Neutral language

63

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

42

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not offensive

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Time-value

short-lived

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