Wow, so I am just in a bubble. that is insane! Not only is there a program run in the schools via the YMCA here, but most center based childcare centers have transportation.
It's probably the cost of living difference though.
You make me glad once again though that my STBX(very soon, papers are filed) can't drive. and can barely be bothered to parent his one weekend a month, as the kids come home unbathed, wearing the same clothes they left in on Friday, and reeking of cigarette smoke.