School run… walk or cycle?
There's too much traffic on our roads. Traffic causes pollution and congestion, and vehicle emissions contribute to climate change.
Traffic levels on Britain’s roads have increased significantly over the past 25 years, and nearly twice as many children are arriving at school by car compared with 10 years ago.
Friends of the Earth believe the Government should be spending less on road-building and more on car alternatives. Developing public transport and creating safer streets for walking and cycling are just a few ways in which traffic levels could be reduced.
You can help…
Join in on the International walk to school week from Monday 3rd – Friday 7th October 2005.
Encourage your friends to walk or cycle to school, visit the Safe routes to school website.
Get your school involved, ask a teacher to download the Department for Transports A safer journey to school guide or Friends of the Earth’s Walking bus (PDF†) guide.
Find out more by reading our Transport (PDF†) booklet.
†To view PDF files you will need to download
Adobe Acrobat Reader. Visually impaired users can get extra help with these
documents from access.adobe.com.
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