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Curious. What age do American children go to school on their own on public transport / foot / bike? In the UK (at least this corner of it) they’re allowed age 1

• bsenftner 2y ago
  In the 70's my elementary school was 2 miles away, and every day all the kids walked, rain, snow, whatever. Lines of kids from 1st grade through 6th. The bus was reserved for the kids out of town on farms. Back then, most of the school year was walking in the dark during the morning.
• waltbosz 2y ago
  In the 1990s, I walked alone to to school starting at age 5. School was 0.8 miles from my home.
• nkrisc 2y ago
  Starting at age 12 I took the Chicago El home from school most days. I got dropped off in the morning as it was on my dad’s route to work. Around where I live now in the suburbs of another state I see kids walking to the local elementary school that look to be between 8-10. Most walk with their parents and some younger kids with older siblings/friends/neighbors. The main road is busy and people speed but there is a police officer at the main crossing on school mornings directing traffic.
• bravetraveler 2y ago
  Varies wildly. I was 7, went to school in the 90s/2000s. At least, at a time, it was less about 'allowed' and more 'required'
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