School Travel Mode Study under Child Friendly Cities:Lessons Learned from London"Walking School Bus"
Improving children's independent mobility is important for Children's travel safety.With the introducing of the Child Friendly Cities,several cities in China started to operate"walking school bus"project to protect children's walking safety drawing on the international experience."Walking school bus"is a travel scheme that volunteers guide children walking from home to school.While cost-effective in a short term,walking school bus itself still has some limitations which restrains the long-term success.For example,while London has heavily promoted walking school bus,many schools which have operated it in the past have now stopped.In China,walking school bus is at the initial stage and there are little studies.However,the ignorance of the limitations may make China's walking school bus be trapped in the similar situation.Our research takes London walking school bus as a case study to understand the limitations.Data is mainly collected through policy documents and interview with the local councils,NGOs,and experts.Our results provide three suggestions:1.simplify the operation procedure;2.encourage diverse public participation;3.create a multi-level school travel plan.These suggestions could help enlighten the future promotion of walking school bus and improving Children's travel safety.
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