The Relative Risks of School Travel: A National Perspective and Guidance for Local Community Risk Assessment

摘要

School transportation safety is often synony-mous with school bus safety―when people think about school transportation, they immediately think about school buses.Yet other travel modes―walking, bicycling, parents driving, teenagers driving, and public transit―account for more than half of all school trips. Each travel mode has its risks, which vary from community to community and from school to school. However, school officials, parents, and students often do not consider the associated risks and choose or encourage the use of school travel modes for reasons apart from maximizing safety or minimizing risk―for example, for convenience, flexibility, or cost savings. But this is changing.