For schools and municipalities
School run by car: understanding the reasons
In front of many schools, cars queue every morning. Bans and appeals often help little as long as the reasons are unknown. Zebrio asks parents who drive their child why they do so and which way their child would otherwise walk.
What Zebrio asks parents
Parents who say they drive their child choose the reasons from a fixed list, for example these. They also mark where their child gets out and can draw the way it would otherwise walk. Dangerous spots on this way count just like all others.
The route is too dangerous
The route is too long
It is on my way (e.g. to work)
My child is still too young to go alone
What the school learns from it
How many are driven
The share of children on foot, by bike, scooter, bus and car, also per year group.
The most common reasons
Which reasons parents give most often, as a chart in the report.
Where children get out
At the drop-off zone, right in front of the gate or in a side street.
The way they would walk
Which ways these children would walk and where parents see dangers on them.
Acting where it helps
If “too dangerous” is named often, safe crossings or crossing patrols at the reported spots help. If the way is too long, drop-off zones a little away from the school reduce the traffic at the gate. If company is missing, walking groups or a walking bus help. School streets and school zones are further options.
Knowing the reasons means choosing the right measures.
- Creating a school route planHow a parents' survey provides the basis for the walking and cycling route plan.
- Practising the way to schoolChoose the safest route and practise it with your child step by step.
- For municipalities and traffic authoritiesReport, maps and GIS data for site inspections and planning.
- School route glossaryFrom the school run to traffic inspections: terms around the way to school.
Zebrio at your school too?
Schools, parents' councils and municipalities that would like to run a school route survey can simply send us an email. We answer your questions and set up the survey for the school.