Lots of of youngsters in Utrecht are with out pupil transport for months

Lots of of youngsters within the Utrecht area who go to high school on pupil transport will be unable to make use of pupil transport within the second half of this yr. That is because of the lack of drivers. in accordance with RTV Utrecht this issues about 640 college students.

Scholar transport is for youngsters who can’t go to high school on their very own, for instance due to a incapacity. Youngsters should additionally typically stay not less than 6 kilometers from their faculty to have the ability to use pupil transport.

22 municipalities within the Utrecht area lately re-offered pupil transport. It was then confirmed that the present service Willemsen-De Koning and the brand new celebration Connexxion will transport collectively from 2025.

Willemsen-De Koning’s contract runs till the summer time break and Connexxion’s contract doesn’t begin till January subsequent yr. Each carriers have plans for the remaining months of this yr there should not sufficient drivers for the journeys in Bunnik, De Bilt, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Wijk bij Duurstede and Zeist. They blame this on “the tight labor market”.

In line with the regional broadcaster, this information hits the mother and father who’re affected laborious. Jarmo te Raa’s son from Driebergen attends particular schooling in Zeist. He makes use of pupil transport 3 times every week. “I nonetheless do not understand how I’ll remedy this,” he instructed the regional broadcaster.

Within the letter acquired by mother and father – seen by RTV Utrecht – mother and father are requested to discover a resolution themselves, corresponding to carpooling with different mother and father or permitting youngsters to make use of public transport independently.

Te Raa isn’t completely happy about that. “It is good to be contacted. However what the letter says is: see how one can get your little one to high school in that point and have a pleasant competitors. Nobody thinks about whether or not you should have different youngsters who may also go to high school in Driebergen. , for instance.

The affected municipalities are nonetheless in search of a celebration that may make the journeys from September. Additionally it is being investigated whether or not taxis or volunteers can be utilized.