[sustran] Re: Will you let your children cycle to school ? I won't

[Autofrei Wohnen]

Hi Chu Wa.

in Berlin is a working Group "Mobility Education Berlin", several environmental and education-NGOs are involved:
www.mobilitaetserziehung-berlin.de/ (only german, will be relaunched soon)
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for more information contact Mr Martin Schlegel, Friends of the Earth, section Berlin (in german: BUND Berlin e.V.):
Martin Schlegel
Verkehrsreferent
BUND Berlin e.V.
Crellestr. 35
D-10827 Berlin
Germany
Fon: +49 - (0)30 - 78 79 00-17
Fax: +49 - (0)30 - 78 79 00-18
e-Mail:  mschlegel [at] BUND-berlin [dot] de
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see also the (german) website from BUND Berlin e.V. about mobility education with a lot of useful information and links. I think it`s worth to translate:
www.bund-berlin.de/index.php?id=124&type=10
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Not to forget the annual "I walk to school" campaign:
www.iwalktoschool.org/ (in engl.)
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best wishes,
Markus Heller
Carfree Living Berlin Collaborative
www.autofrei-wohnen.de/homeEngl.html

----- Original Message ----- 
From: chuwa 
To: sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org 
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 7:26 AM
Subject: [sustran] Will you let your children cycle to school ? I won't


- primary school pupils want to cycle to school on their own but parents' concerns are stopping them.

- 90% of youngsters have bikes and more than 30% of them would like to cycle to school, only 1% actually do

- parents who drive their children to school risk creating a habit of dependency that undermines children's confidence and self-reliance

- It's a great shame children are being denied the opportunity to experience this (cyling) independence because parents are worried about their safety on the roads

All above remarks from THE HERALD (UK) can be applied to Singapore directly. I am just wondering how many cities (developing or not) are facing similar problems?

Chu Wa
Commuter cyclist
Father of two



The full news: http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1247222.0.0.php





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