Smith and Hircock: With kids back at school, let's adopt the 'School Streets' safety plan

Photo by ERROL MCGIHONStudents across Ottawa have returned to school and we know most of them arrive by bus or private vehicle. Across Canada,get to school by motorized transportation including, shockingly, 53 per cent of students who live within a five-minute walking distance. School zones have become overrun with increasingly large vehicles and many parents are uncomfortable with their kids walking or biking to school.

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