Yes, we did. NYC even gives out student Metrocards that provide free transit to kids.
I took a 30 minute ferry ride and then subway to school each day in NYC ;)
And kids still do it.
Heck, outside my middle school in NYC, they had a line-up specifically for regular transit buses that were scheduled to stop there just when school let out. The only kids that qualified for yellow school bus service were those that lived more than a half a mile from a bus/subway stop.
I took a 30 minute ferry ride and then subway to school each day in NYC ;)
And kids still do it.
Heck, outside my middle school in NYC, they had a line-up specifically for regular transit buses that were scheduled to stop there just when school let out. The only kids that qualified for yellow school bus service were those that lived more than a half a mile from a bus/subway stop.