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Tackling traffic problems at the school gate
Monday, 06 November 2006

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• Howick and Pakuranga Times

ANY one who’s driven past a school at drop off and pick-up times knows it can be traffic chaos.

Congestion outside local schools is a common sight. Times photo Wayne Martin.
Congestion outside local schools is a common sight. Times photo Wayne Martin.
Traffic at many local schools remains congested 18 months after an initiative launch to reduce the number of cars travelling to and from schools.

Only two schools have established a School Travel Plan, which aims to give children a wider choice on how they get to and from school, and six schools have established walking school buses.

Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) figures show there are 10 walking bus routes in Howick and Pakuranga involving a total of 173 children. This has removed 57 cars from the roads resulting in more than 40,000 fewer car trips to and from schools per year.

Times reporters look at the problems at the school gate and some of the initiatives to combat them.

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