Walking Bus

A walking bus is the latest safe, fun and healthy way to travel to and from school. The children walk to school in a group along a set route and operates regardless of weather conditions everyone wears a reflective jacket. Along the way children can chat to their friends, learn valuable road safety skills and gain some independence.

Why Use a Walking Bus?

A walking bus provides a chance for everyone to take part in regular exercise. Evidence shows that more active children are likely to become more active adults.

Children who walk to school on a walking bus are part of a large and visible group which is supervised by adults and seen safely into school. This reassures parents who are concerned about letting their children walk on their own.

The walking bus helps children learn pedestrian skills so that when they begin to walk on their own they are better equipped to deal with traffic. The journey to school gives children a chance to talk and make new friends, when they’ve arrived at school they’ve done their chatting and are ore ready to learn.

Every journey made on foot helps reduce the amount of traffic around schools, which will help reduce air pollution and improve our local environment for everyone.

A walking bus at your school could be set up to match the availability of the volunteers. For more information please contact the Road Safety Officer at email:lmcdonal@wicklowcoco.ie lmcdonal@wicklowcoco.ie