School pick up and drop off times are the busiest and most dangerous for Hertfordshire roads. But those are precisely the times that we need children to be walking or cycling to school.
No wonder so many end up in the car, which only makes the problem worse.
Step in St Albans Dad, Damian, who is taking a 2 pronged approach – petitioning for help in making his local roads safer, plus setting up a bike bus to encourage more young cyclists and keep a few cars off the roads.
In this Environment Matters podcast, Damian talks to Amanda Yorwerth about the woes that drove him to set up the petition and the joys of the bike bus.
You can see a Bike Bus in action here https://youtu.be/iEXRmfobCeE?si=TS-XU2jUAfNfEx7f
Here’s a link to Sustrans Fride Days Bike Bus school kit – all you need to know if you’re interested in seeing if a bike bus could work for your school run https://www.sustrans.org.uk/campaigns/fridedays-bike-bus/
And last but not least here’s a link to Damian’s petition asking for road safety measures to help protect school children in the New Greens area of St Albans.
https://www.change.org/p/implement-safe-pedestrian-and-cyclist-crossings-on-green-lane-and-francis-ave-in-new-greens-st-albans
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