Although not always possible due to distance issues, walk to school It is a good option to maintain adequate daily physical activity. However, it is also a "critical" path in that if many pedestrians run it, there may be more dangers.
Make the road to school a safe road It is a proposal that they carry out in various Spanish locations (and surely also in other countries). In this way, the risks are cleared and the children are facilitated to make the journey.
Some of the programs that are carried out in Spain to improve road safety on the way to school They are:
The "San Sebastián School Road Program", which has been developing since 2003 and has been selected by the DGT as an example of good practice in road safety. The objective of this program is to train more responsible citizens, more committed to their environment, while promoting sustainable mobility, with less use of the car.
In Madrid there has been a program of similar characteristics since 2007, called "Madrid on foot, safe way to school". The idea is to ensure a safe route for school children to reach their school on foot. In this way, physical activity and the independence of the children are encouraged, in addition to improving the environment of the centers (traffic and the emission of pollutant gases are reduced, access safety deficiencies are identified ...).
In Barcelona, in Durango, in the province of Granada ... the school roads extend through our geography, and other countries with decades of experience in this regard (such as the British Safe Routes to School) corroborate the importance and benefits of making a Safe way to school.
It is therefore a reality that we should claim and test in each of our ways to improve the safety of our children.
Safety proposals such as car sharing when it is not possible to go on foot (and with the appropriate child restraint system, even on short journeys), make "buses on foot" (with stops to pick up several children until they reach school), improvement of sidewalks and signage, increased vigilance ... make road safety on the way to school Increase
