Just 24% of children travel to school on foot these days, a fall from 45% in 1986 – Ireland’s little walkers have become passengers
A walking bus involves an adult 'driver' at the front and a 'conductor' at the rear. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
There’s the whole palaver of getting the kids into the car in the morning, and the traffic with everybody rushing to the same place at the same time. Then there’s the competition for a parking spot, having to pay for parking, or maybe even playing roulette with the traffic warden. You’ll do it all again in the afternoon. Those with younger and older kids at primary school have the daftness of two afternoon pickups, an hour apart.It didn’t used to be like this.
One in five Irish children experience asthma at some stage in their lives and this is directly linked to poor air quality, according to the society. How does it work? There’s one adult “driver” at the front, one “conductor” at the rear and in between are six kids walking to school. Green Schools Ireland recommends a ratio of two adults to six kids, with a maximum of 18 pupils. Up to 12 parents get to dodge the school run every day.
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