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A Walking Bus is where a group of children are escorted to school by adult volunteers. Children and adults walk in a group wearing hi-vis tabards along an approved route and stopping at set points to collect additional 'passengers'.

The concept of the walking bus as a way to travel to school was first introduced in Japan not later than 1962. Australian transport activist David Engwicht is often given credit for inventing the WSB system in the 1990s.

A Walking School Bus is a group of students walking to school with one or more adults, picking up students along the way. Visit this toolkit for tips on getting started (page 7) and get guidance from the Seattle Public Schools Safe Routes to School Program Coordinator: Brooke Nelson; brnelson1@seattleschools.org.

noun. a group of school children walking together along an agreed route to and from school, accompanied by adults, with children joining and leaving the group at pre-arranged points.

A Walking School Bus is a group of students walking to school with one or more adults, picking up students along the way. Visit this toolkit for tips on getting started (page 7) and get guidance from the Seattle Public Schools Safe Routes to School Program Coordinator: Brooke Nelson; brnelson1@seattleschools.org.

a tour on which you walk rather than using transport. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.

Children walk in a group with an adult driver/supervisor at the front and an adult conductor/supervisor at the rear. The bus travels along a set route picking up additional passengers along the way at designated bus stops. Walking School Bus routes are safety audited and the ratio of adults to children is at least 1:8.