Car journeys to school in Peterborough are on the decrease with recent figures showing that parents and children are turning towards more sustainable forms of travel; walking, cycling and public transport. The news follows lots of hard work in promoting and encouraging the use of more environmentally friendly forms of transport. Nicola Francis, Travelchoice Team Manager is delighted, “The latest figures are fantastic, it’s great to see people leaving their car at home and opting for a cleaner, greener and ultimately healthier trip to school. The challenge now is to encourage even more people to do the same and the Travelchoice is there to help”. Car journeys dropped from 30% of the total in 2007 to 26.9% in 2008. Public transport, walking and cycling rose from 67% to 72.8%.
Hey, this is great news. Its good to see more children walking to school and better still that they are not getting driven in Chelsea tractors and such like.
ReplyDeleteWe need to get more and more children walking, cycling and bussing it to school, we must ensure that they are safe, feel that it's cool and that there is good infrastructure for them to use.
Really good news!
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