Transport to school: which is the best way?
Compare transport by bus, car, bicycle and walking to school.
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Comparing transport to school by bus and car:
Comparing transport to school by bus and car:
Advantages & Disadvantages of travel by bicycle:
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Advantages & Disadvantages of travel by walking:
Advantages & Disadvantages of travel by walking:
Travel to school in our grandparents' time
Walking home from school in the mid 1900's.
The journey home was leisurely. Sometimes students had to walk miles to school and miles home, especially in the country. This is in Doonagh, Achill, Co. Mayo.
Image courtesy of Failte Ireland.Walking home from school in the mid 1900's.
Image courtesy of Failte Ireland.
Image courtesy of Failte Ireland.
Walking home from school in the mid 1900's.
The journey home was leisurely. Sometimes students had to walk miles to school and miles home, especially in the country. This is in Doonagh, Achill, Co. Mayo.
Image courtesy of Failte Ireland.In our grandparents' time, there were no school buses.
Children often walked to school (Alice Taylor, To School Through the Fields).
Schools were small and local.
As rural populations declined, some schools did not have enough pupils to continue to run the school.
School buses were used to transport the children to bigger schools with better resources.