Me too. So important.
As a single mom, it’s also a critical spot for my girls to have somewhere to do homework if I can’t make pick up time. We have no public transport for our school aged children in Silicon Valley.
When we lived in Luxembourg, my then 16-year-old daughter could go anywhere in the country by rail and bus, and frequently she did.
Back in the US, it’s crazy that the public transit is so terrible or non-existent, save for a few places