![]() Pierson College in ’s-Hertogenbosch shows a lot of bicycles parked in the schoolyard. Live within what is considered cycling distance from their secondary There are regionalĭifferences, but the vast majority (over 90%) of Dutch school children, More than half of all children live closer than 5 km from school andĪnother 38% live closer than 15 km from school. Netherlands, is that in general Dutch pupils live close to their school. To school and hence forces children to take part in traffic.”Īpart from good cycling infrastructure, one other importantĬontributing factor to so much cycling to secondary schools in the Traffic safety is aĬoncern of the government, because the government forces children to go Near schools around the start and end of schools. Another factor of concern is motor traffic congestion caused ![]() Playful and do not always have the necessary attention for the dangers There is reasonįor concern: traffic safety. Important lesson in learning how to take part in traffic in an But it should get more attention preciselyīecause of this: it is exemplary! How you go to school can be an It is of a relatively small-scale, hardly contributes toĬongestion and consists mostly of sustainable transportation: it isĭone on foot and by bicycle. “ Traffic experts give little attention to school In this report the researchers also note the following. These figures are mentioned in the report “How do children get to school?” (2008) and they were based on the national transportation figures. The modal split of transportation to secondary schools in the Netherlands.
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