I walked city streets to the school, as there were no schoolbus system - all kids walked. I was lucky, as I walked only couple of kilometers and crossed only 2 major intersection from 1st grade on. I took subway and bus to the college, and if I had the money and was late, I would splurge into taxi - in 4 years of college it must've happened only a couple of times... not that i was late only couple of times - i only had enough money couple of times to pay for it... lol...

Just for record, where I went to school, most men would get their first car around the age of 30-40 if they were lucky enough (no women drove cars)... I talked online to some of my peers who still live there and they had their first cars well into their married years with kids and a decent job...

Not everyone is as fortunate as the kids in the US...