It comes after the latest Department for Infrastructure figures found 65% of children are driven to primary school despite well documented evidence on its impacts on the environment.
While half of them live within a mile from the school gates, the statistical bulletin also shows that car journeys to school have risen from 59% in 2013/14 while the number of kids walking to school has dropped from 31% to 26%.Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK and Ireland without a School Streets Scheme, which aims to
“School Streets tackle congestion, poor air quality and road safety concerns that many schools experience by restricting motor traffic at the school gates for a short period of time, generally at drop-off and pick-up times. “Other popular initiatives, like the ‘walking buses’ run by Portadown Integrated Primary School along the Craigavon Community Greenway, where parents drop off their children at a spot away from the school and they walk the remainder of the journey with classmates and staff, could also be rolled out to provide Safe Routes to Schools.
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