A walking bus is an organised group of children who walk to school together accompanied by volunteers. The benefits of a walking bus: sociable, healthy and enjoyable reduces parking problems near the school gates children learn about road safety and become more aware of their environment. To set up a walking bus, you will need to: ask around other parents to see if there is enough interest approach your school as you will need their support contact your local authority School Travel Plan officers or Road Safety team as they will be able to offer support, advice and training. You will need a keen parent or team to start it up, co-ordinate it, keep it going and promote it to parents, children and the community. The information on the Brightwayz website will also help but it is intended to supplement, rather than replace, the information from your local authority. To find out more about walking bus schemes, please follow the link to their website. We're sorry but <%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.title %> doesn't work properly without JavaScript enabled. Please enable it to continue.
