...and NOW!!! ... Walking School Buses * New Zealand
Children spend an average of four hours a week as a car passenger and less than an hour and a half walking.
Wellington,New Zealand -Scoop.co.nz -2 May 2007: -- Living Streets Aotearoa President, Celia Wade-Brown, joined the Hon Annette King today at Ridgway School, Wellington at the launch of the new Land Transport Walking School Bus kit... Plentiful rain didn't deter children on the Walking School Buses from walking to school... ... "Parents and children can get to know each other and the chaos at the school gate is reduced," says Celia Wade-Brown, who is also a Wellington City Councillor... Recent travel survey statistics show most people are walking less than they used to. Children spend an average of four hours a week as a car passenger and less than an hour and a half walking. Celia says "This is a disaster for health - hearts, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and mental health. The daily walk is a great habit to get into as a child"...
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