Transport and Society Network
The walking bus:
a non-motorised option on the school run Studies of congestion have shown the particular difficulties created for traffic flow by the timing and density of the school run: the school run refers to the dropping off of children at their schools by parents using the household car. The walking bus enables children to be escorted on a pedestrian journey to their schools through scheduling time, route, membership and adult supervision - hence the title 'walking bus'.
Despite that attention the walking bus has received much attention as a 'green' solution to school hour congestion, the redesign of pavement space to accompany such travel behaviour changes has received little attention.
This site is managed by:
Margaret Grieco,
Professor of Transport and Society,
Transport Research Institute, Napier University,
Edinburgh
e-mail at m.grieco@napier.ac.uk