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It's not about the nation, it's about the group psychology of parents in a local region. In NYC, nearly a million kids of all ages walk, skate, bike, whatever
by rmah 5y ago
It's not about the nation, it's about the group psychology of parents in a local region. In NYC, nearly a million kids of all ages walk, skate, bike, whatever to school every day. Many take the bus or subways. While younger children can use a school bus, the city encourages independent use of public transport by children with free passes for them (and I think are allowed to ride alone by age 11 or 12). I'd be very surprised if other American cities didn't have similar systems in place.
- benrbray 5y agoThat's great to hear! Unfortunately I think it's quite rare in the rest of the country for children to be able to walk to school. I've only ever been to places where school buses / cars are the norm. I was interested to see if studies have been done. I found an article [1] claiming that as of 2009, only 13 percent of American children walked/biked to school. [1] http://guide.saferoutesinfo.org/introduction/the_decline_of_walking_and_bicycling.cfm http://guide.saferoutesinfo.org/introduction/the_decline_of_...