I walked barefoot through 3 feet of snow, or in the summer on the hot asphalt... wait, that was my Dad's story 😁. Walked or rode my bicycle until I got in high school. It was 10 miles away, so I rode the bus until I was old enough to get a job and buy a clunker car.
Elementary I could walk. But Middle & High school were a 75 minute bus ride until I got my license at 16. We were beginning and end of our bus route because we were closest to the bus garage. Sucked.
I lived in the south east part of Dublin. My school was in Dublin city. About 16 stops. It took ages.. because it was quite a slow train. Even though it was called the DART. Dublin Area Rapid Transport. My a55 it was rapid!