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"What are the environmental arguments for walking to school?"
"Are there legal guidelines regarding the age at which a child can walk to school on his own? "
"How far is the average distance to school?"
"How many children walk to school?"
"How much does it cost each year to drive a child to school?"
Based on the average school run being 1.5 miles, it costs more than £400 a year. Those who do the school run twice a day will drive an extra 1000 miles a year.
"What are the facts about the risks of abduction?"
"What is the evidence that walking can have social benefits?"
"Surely it's better to be in a car than breathing in fumes on the street?"
"What are the health reasons for children to walk?"
"Why walk to school?"
"What is Walk to School Week?"

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LATEST NEWS

Children who walk to school 'are less stressed in exams'
Tony Armstrong, Chief Executive of Living Streets, told Mail Online: 'This new research is more ammunition for what we have been saying all along- walking really does work.

First Walk to School for young boy
A 12-year-old boy born with a short right leg plans to walk into school for the first time after surgeons "grew" his limb by 31cm.

Lollipop patrol hit by cutbacks
With local authority cutbacks, lollipop ladies (and men) are being cut, particularly across South Tyneside...

CHARITY URGES PARENTS TO BE MORE PROACTIVE WITH CHILDREN'S HEALTH
Living Streets, the national charity behind the Walk to School campaign is urging parents to be more proactive in the face of the new "plus size" clothing range for toddlers and young children launched by retailers such as Marks and Spencer.

Funding crisis cuts STAs
As the charity behind the national walk to school campaign, Living Streets is alarmed to hear that local authorities are considering cutting school travel advisor posts in Spring 2011, when central funding ends as part of the government’s cost-saving activities.