Senior Kadeza Glover, 18, (left) and junior Ateeva Knox, 17, are let off the Route 18 bus at 45th and Broadway as they make their way to Lew Wallace STEM Academy in Gary, Ind. Friday September 14, 2012. Friday was the first day GPTC began offering service to and from schools for students. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Two students walk to school along an alley near 53rd Avenue and Broadway as students make their way to school Friday September 14, 2012. Friday was the first day GPTC began offering service to and from schools for students. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Freshmen and sophomores China Lollis, 15, (from left) Catherine Carter, 16, Justice Mann, 15, and (not visible) Leishay Lee, 16, walk along an overgrown sidewalk as cars spray water from a flooded 45th Avenue as students make their way to Lew Wallace STEM Academy Friday September 14, 2012. While some students walk, Friday was the first day GPTC began offering service to and from schools for students. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Senior Kadeza Glover, 18, (left) and junior Ateeva Knox, 17, are let off the Route 18 bus at 45th and Broadway as they make their way to Lew Wallace STEM Academy in Gary, Ind. Friday September 14, 2012. Friday was the first day GPTC began offering service to and from schools for students. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Eighth-grader Darius Wiggins, 13, (left) waits with other students for a school bus to pick them up from Broadway and 43rd to Emerson-Wirt as students make their way to school Friday September 14, 2012. Friday was the first day GPTC began offering service to and from schools for students. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Freshmen Christian Barnett, 14, Louis Rand, Jr., 15, and Armoni Howard, 15, walk along Broadway to a bus stop for a school bus to take them to Emerson-Wirt as students make their way to school Friday September 14, 2012. The students said the bus is scheduled to pick them up at 8:27, though it usually doesn't arrive until 9 a.m., though they are never tardy for school. Friday was the first day GPTC also began offering service to and from schools for students. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

A school bus splashes through a flooded 45th Avenue near Broadway as it heads in the direction of Lew Wallace STEM Acadmey Friday September 14, 2012. Friday was the first day GPTC, in addition to school buses, began offering service to and from schools for students. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

A Route 6 bus makes its way south on Broadway near Indiana University Northwest as students make their way to school Friday September 14, 2012. Friday was the first day GPTC began offering service, including the Route 6 bus servicing the east side, to and from schools for students. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media