I concur with that observation (UK) completely and it is alas down to the shift of families owning two cars more than anything else. Alas we now have whole gen

I concur with that observation (UK) completely and it is alas down to the shift of families owning two cars more than anything else. Alas we now have whole generations of children who do not walk to school and this is in a time in which school selection now means that the students are more able to have a school nearer home than the past (or course always exceptions and the countryside always has that aspect). This not only has a very noticeable impact upon roads (at a time they are least able to accommodate traffic and add to the problem and pollution) but also has seen a rise in child obesity and alas the way this is tackled is by things like sugar tax, that penalizes everybody. Then again you have the same with alcohol, few people drink to much so they want to introduce a minimum price per unit of alcohol to combat that and again, penalise everybody at the expense of the few. But if a Government can be `seen` to be addressing a problem by adding a TAX over promoting and encouraging a more healthy lifestyle like kids walking to school, then they always go for the TAX option, sadly. Now what really is a sad situation is many parents drive there kids to school as they feel the roads are not safe with all the traffic, that in itself only add's to the issue and befuddles me, mentality wise. Maybe time to suggest to goverments that cars should be taxed if a family own's more than one. I'm sure they would jump at that option as they so love to use TAX as a solution. But until then, I love school holidays as it is the only time in which the roads are so much easier and quicker to navigate and that is from a public transport bus perspective alone. One journey I used to make would take an hour during school open times and during school holidays would be, between 25-50% quicker. Another interesting observation I have made was that during school holidays nowadays there tends to be more road works, which can offset some gains and that is a trend that becomes more and more prominent. I can only surmise they do this to minimise impact, which only highlights the issue with school run cars without addressing and tacking it in any way, shape or form. Again this is from a UK perspective in the London and surrounding area or urban sprawl and would be interested if the same trends/issues are as common in other countries urban area's.