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7 April
World Health Day.
24-28 April
Bike to School Week.
(to be confirmed)
22-26 May
UK Spring Walk to School Week.
(Living Streets / TravelWise)
14 June
Record Breaking Walking Bus.
(Brake road safety charity)
17-25 June
Bike Week.
including Bike2Work
August
Beep Beep Day.
Brake road safety charity.
(Date to be confirmed)
22 Sept
In town without my Car Day.
2-6 October
UK Walk to School Week.
(Living Streets / TravelWise)
October
International Walk to School Month.
(IWalk)
6-12 November
Road Safety Week.
(Brake road safety charity)
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How far do your children walk in a year?
Almost three-fifths of children aged 5-16 say they walk for 20 minutes or more at least once a week – but one fifth say they had not walked that far in the last year.
This fascinating fact comes from the latest edition of Focus on Personal Travel, an in-depth National Statistics publication from the Department for Transport (DfT) that highlights the major trends in personal travel and offers a greater depth of understanding of some of the current areas of interest, debate and development. Other nuggets include:
Walking now accounts for less than a quarter of all trips made in Great Britain. The number of walking and cycling trips both fell by 20% between 1992/94 and 2002/03.> The fall in bicycle use has taken place despite a rise in the number of people owning bicycles. In urban areas in 2002/03, cars taking children to school accounted for 13% of car trips in the morning rush hour (8-9am) and 21% of trips at 8.50 am, the peak time for school run traffic. The evening peak time for personal travel is between 3pm and 4pm, when pupils are leaving school. For car drivers, the peak is later, between 5pm and 6pm, when commuters are driving home from work. For primary aged children the proportion of school trips by car increased from 30 to 40% between 1992/94 and 2002/03 with a corresponding reduction of trips on foot from 61 to 52%. Parents were most likely to give traffic danger as the reason for accompanying children aged 7-10 to school (58%), followed by fear of assault or molestation (45%).
The complete publication, including a summary, can be found on the DfT website at: http://www.dft.gov.uk/transtat/personaltravel
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