The School Run
More and more children are driven to school every day, currently accounting for around one-quarter of all car journeys by under 16 year olds.
The main reasons for this trend include increased road traffic, widespread ownership of cars, fragmentation of bus services and the increased relative cost of bus travel (Travelwise, 2002).
Travelling to school by car has many negative consequences. It is estimated that at peak rush-hour, over 15 per cent of all cars on the road are taking children to school, thereby increasing traffic and congestion at already-busy times. On top of this, car-journeys to school contribute to noise and air pollution on our roads and add further risks to those who choose to walk or cycle to school.
(c) Liftshare.org (and taken verbatime from their web site - see above link)
The main reasons for this trend include increased road traffic, widespread ownership of cars, fragmentation of bus services and the increased relative cost of bus travel (Travelwise, 2002).
Travelling to school by car has many negative consequences. It is estimated that at peak rush-hour, over 15 per cent of all cars on the road are taking children to school, thereby increasing traffic and congestion at already-busy times. On top of this, car-journeys to school contribute to noise and air pollution on our roads and add further risks to those who choose to walk or cycle to school.
(c) Liftshare.org (and taken verbatime from their web site - see above link)
posted by Jonathan | Wednesday, July 05, 2006
1 Comments:
make all schools boarding schools and re-introduce dickensian discipline.
Oh, and all welsh people should have there licenses revoked.
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