]On Behalf Of Todd Alexander Litman
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 5:42 PM
To: Global 'South' Sustainable Transport


Urban planners are increasingly aware of the importance of allowing children
to travel to school under their own power, for a variety of economic,
social, environmental and health reasons. The portion of children walking or
bicycling to school can be considered a key indicator of community
sustainability. In recent years a number of programs have developed to
support non-motorized school travel, in both developed and developing
countries. Some address community design, emphasizing the value of having
smaller, neighborhood schools instead of larger, more centralized schools,
and the location of schools in the center of neighborhoods rather than on
busy arterials and highways. Some focus on physical design, including
sidewalks, crosswalks, bike paths and traffic calming on streets around
schools. Some include bicycle safety education and encouragement.

For information see the "School Transport Management" (
http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm36.htm <http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm36.htm> ) and
"Campus Transport Management" ( http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm5.htm
<http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm5.htm> ) chapters of our Online TDM
Encyclopedia.


Best wishes,
-Todd Litman


Chu Wa wrote:


>
> - primary school pupils want to cycle to school on their own but parents'
> concerns are stopping them.
>
> - 90% of youngsters have bikes and more than 30% of them would like to
cycle
> to school, only 1% actually do
>
> - parents who drive their children to school risk creating a habit of
> dependency that undermines children's confidence and self-reliance
>
> - It's a great shame children are being denied the opportunity to
experience
> this (cyling) independence because parents are worried about their safety
on
> the roads
>
> All above remarks from THE HERALD (UK) can be applied to Singapore
directly.
> I am just wondering how many cities (developing or not) are facing similar
> problems?
>
> Chu Wa
> Commuter cyclist
> Father of two
>
>
>
> The full news:
> http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1247222.0.0.php
> -
>

Sincerely,
Todd Alexander Litman
Victoria Transport Policy Institute ( www.vtpi.org <http://www.vtpi.org> )
litman@...
Phone & Fax 250-360-1560
1250 Rudlin Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, CANADA
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