Solve the School Run
@solveschoolrun.bsky.social
We’re a parent-led charity advocating for safer, greener and cleaner school runs. We combine unique data insights on school travel with real-world, parent-powered solutions from school streets to school buses.
Website: https://www.solvetheschoolrun.org
Website: https://www.solvetheschoolrun.org
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Today is International Children’s Rights Day 🌍👧👦 and we are excited to announce the launch of our new #StreetsforKids London election campaign - a collaboration with
@cleancitiescampaign.org Europe-wide Streets for Kids movement.
@cleancitiescampaign.org Europe-wide Streets for Kids movement.
Want to start using a cargo bike - but have questions? 🤔 Like...
1️⃣ Are they easy to ride?
2️⃣ What about storage?
3️⃣ How much do they cost?
4️⃣ Should I buy secondhand?
5️⃣ Where can I try one out?
💡 Follow us for tips and advice!
#schoolrun #cargobikes #ParentingHacks
1️⃣ Are they easy to ride?
2️⃣ What about storage?
3️⃣ How much do they cost?
4️⃣ Should I buy secondhand?
5️⃣ Where can I try one out?
💡 Follow us for tips and advice!
#schoolrun #cargobikes #ParentingHacks
December 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Want to start using a cargo bike - but have questions? 🤔 Like...
1️⃣ Are they easy to ride?
2️⃣ What about storage?
3️⃣ How much do they cost?
4️⃣ Should I buy secondhand?
5️⃣ Where can I try one out?
💡 Follow us for tips and advice!
#schoolrun #cargobikes #ParentingHacks
1️⃣ Are they easy to ride?
2️⃣ What about storage?
3️⃣ How much do they cost?
4️⃣ Should I buy secondhand?
5️⃣ Where can I try one out?
💡 Follow us for tips and advice!
#schoolrun #cargobikes #ParentingHacks
🎄🎄🎄 A very merry Christmas to you all, love Solve the School Run x
December 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
🎄🎄🎄 A very merry Christmas to you all, love Solve the School Run x
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Funny how the usual "think about the kids" gang is completely silent about these monsters on our roads..
😮 A sobering statistic for Road Safety Week... In the UK, SUVs are three times more likely to kill a child under the age of 10 and heavier cars are more likely to be involved in fatal collisions.
Source: @cleancitiescampaign
#roadsafetyweek #roadsafetyweek25 #carspreading #suvs #schoolrun
Source: @cleancitiescampaign
#roadsafetyweek #roadsafetyweek25 #carspreading #suvs #schoolrun
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Funny how the usual "think about the kids" gang is completely silent about these monsters on our roads..
Reposted by Solve the School Run
Lets just ban SUVs. Nobody needs one. They’re just a car manufacturers wet dream.
😮 A sobering statistic for Road Safety Week... In the UK, SUVs are three times more likely to kill a child under the age of 10 and heavier cars are more likely to be involved in fatal collisions.
Source: @cleancitiescampaign
#roadsafetyweek #roadsafetyweek25 #carspreading #suvs #schoolrun
Source: @cleancitiescampaign
#roadsafetyweek #roadsafetyweek25 #carspreading #suvs #schoolrun
November 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Lets just ban SUVs. Nobody needs one. They’re just a car manufacturers wet dream.
Reposted by Solve the School Run
443 children are injured on the school run in London every year.
That's equivalent to an entire primary school of children 😱, and 16% of these injuries are serious.
London’s children deserve safer streets. We need #StreetsForKids.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/... @solveschoolrun.bsky.social
That's equivalent to an entire primary school of children 😱, and 16% of these injuries are serious.
London’s children deserve safer streets. We need #StreetsForKids.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/... @solveschoolrun.bsky.social
Mother pleads for safer streets after daughter, 12, nearly killed in hit-and-run
Parents have been holding vigils for safer streets across the capital, with protests in Lambeth, Lewisham and Twickenham
www.standard.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
443 children are injured on the school run in London every year.
That's equivalent to an entire primary school of children 😱, and 16% of these injuries are serious.
London’s children deserve safer streets. We need #StreetsForKids.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/... @solveschoolrun.bsky.social
That's equivalent to an entire primary school of children 😱, and 16% of these injuries are serious.
London’s children deserve safer streets. We need #StreetsForKids.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/... @solveschoolrun.bsky.social
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Really great to see this on BBC Newsround 👏
Brilliant to see children’s media tackling road safety and car dominance in such an accessible way. Well done @solveschoolrun.bsky.social
Brilliant to see children’s media tackling road safety and car dominance in such an accessible way. Well done @solveschoolrun.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Really great to see this on BBC Newsround 👏
Brilliant to see children’s media tackling road safety and car dominance in such an accessible way. Well done @solveschoolrun.bsky.social
Brilliant to see children’s media tackling road safety and car dominance in such an accessible way. Well done @solveschoolrun.bsky.social
Reposted by Solve the School Run
Newsround is consistently over of the BBC’s most considered news outlets:
📣 We were on BBC's Newsround this week!
🙃 The children's news show ran a story on SUVs with Solve the School Run and it's honestly one of the best SUV explainers we've seen!
Catch the full segment here: bbc.co.uk/newsround/vi...
#carspreading #SUV #saferstreets
🙃 The children's news show ran a story on SUVs with Solve the School Run and it's honestly one of the best SUV explainers we've seen!
Catch the full segment here: bbc.co.uk/newsround/vi...
#carspreading #SUV #saferstreets
Big cars: Are they a good or bad thing?
In December Cardiff became the first UK council to introduce higher parking charges for heavier vehicles - but is it fair? Ricky has been looking into the issue.
bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Newsround is consistently over of the BBC’s most considered news outlets:
Imagine Christmas with a cargo bike?
🎄 Easy parking when you pick up the tree
📦 Effortless parcel collection
🎅🏽 Festive costumes fully visible
🧒🏾 Cheery children (forget "Are we there yet?")
📢 Our #StreetsForKids campaign pushes councils to make #cargobikes accessible for all
families.
👉Follow us!
🎄 Easy parking when you pick up the tree
📦 Effortless parcel collection
🎅🏽 Festive costumes fully visible
🧒🏾 Cheery children (forget "Are we there yet?")
📢 Our #StreetsForKids campaign pushes councils to make #cargobikes accessible for all
families.
👉Follow us!
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Imagine Christmas with a cargo bike?
🎄 Easy parking when you pick up the tree
📦 Effortless parcel collection
🎅🏽 Festive costumes fully visible
🧒🏾 Cheery children (forget "Are we there yet?")
📢 Our #StreetsForKids campaign pushes councils to make #cargobikes accessible for all
families.
👉Follow us!
🎄 Easy parking when you pick up the tree
📦 Effortless parcel collection
🎅🏽 Festive costumes fully visible
🧒🏾 Cheery children (forget "Are we there yet?")
📢 Our #StreetsForKids campaign pushes councils to make #cargobikes accessible for all
families.
👉Follow us!
🎄 Merry Christmas from Solve the School Run!
🚴 🚴 Where will you be cycling with your little reindeer over the holidays?
#saferstreets #schoolrun #SafeStreetsForKids #StreetsForKids
🚴 🚴 Where will you be cycling with your little reindeer over the holidays?
#saferstreets #schoolrun #SafeStreetsForKids #StreetsForKids
December 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
🎄 Merry Christmas from Solve the School Run!
🚴 🚴 Where will you be cycling with your little reindeer over the holidays?
#saferstreets #schoolrun #SafeStreetsForKids #StreetsForKids
🚴 🚴 Where will you be cycling with your little reindeer over the holidays?
#saferstreets #schoolrun #SafeStreetsForKids #StreetsForKids
🫵 If you want a safer school run for your kids this Christmas (and every day...) there's one quick thing you can do.
💻 Write to your council and ask them for #SafeStreetsForKids
👉 www.solvetheschoolrun.org/streetsforkids
#saferstreets #schoolrun #carspreading
💻 Write to your council and ask them for #SafeStreetsForKids
👉 www.solvetheschoolrun.org/streetsforkids
#saferstreets #schoolrun #carspreading
December 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🫵 If you want a safer school run for your kids this Christmas (and every day...) there's one quick thing you can do.
💻 Write to your council and ask them for #SafeStreetsForKids
👉 www.solvetheschoolrun.org/streetsforkids
#saferstreets #schoolrun #carspreading
💻 Write to your council and ask them for #SafeStreetsForKids
👉 www.solvetheschoolrun.org/streetsforkids
#saferstreets #schoolrun #carspreading
Wouldn't your festive run-up be more chilled with a cargo bike?
🎄 Ditch the car, wrap up (Santa hat optional) and feel the benefits!
📢 Our #StreetsForKids campaign is pushing councils to make #cargobikes accessible for all families.
👉 Share + follow us.
#londonparents
🎄 Ditch the car, wrap up (Santa hat optional) and feel the benefits!
📢 Our #StreetsForKids campaign is pushing councils to make #cargobikes accessible for all families.
👉 Share + follow us.
#londonparents
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Wouldn't your festive run-up be more chilled with a cargo bike?
🎄 Ditch the car, wrap up (Santa hat optional) and feel the benefits!
📢 Our #StreetsForKids campaign is pushing councils to make #cargobikes accessible for all families.
👉 Share + follow us.
#londonparents
🎄 Ditch the car, wrap up (Santa hat optional) and feel the benefits!
📢 Our #StreetsForKids campaign is pushing councils to make #cargobikes accessible for all families.
👉 Share + follow us.
#londonparents
📢 Our co-founder Claire McDonald was on @BBCLondon !
🚗 Claire chatted to @1aaronpaul about #carspreading - highlighting that #SUVs now make up 30% of cars on our roads - and why this is a problem.
📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (6:25 mins in)
#saferstreets
🚗 Claire chatted to @1aaronpaul about #carspreading - highlighting that #SUVs now make up 30% of cars on our roads - and why this is a problem.
📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (6:25 mins in)
#saferstreets
Aaron Paul - 09/12/2025 - BBC Sounds
Have your say on the day's news with Aaron.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
📢 Our co-founder Claire McDonald was on @BBCLondon !
🚗 Claire chatted to @1aaronpaul about #carspreading - highlighting that #SUVs now make up 30% of cars on our roads - and why this is a problem.
📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (6:25 mins in)
#saferstreets
🚗 Claire chatted to @1aaronpaul about #carspreading - highlighting that #SUVs now make up 30% of cars on our roads - and why this is a problem.
📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (6:25 mins in)
#saferstreets
📣 We were on BBC's Newsround this week!
🙃 The children's news show ran a story on #carspreading with Solve the School Run and it's honestly one of the best SUV explainers we've seen!
Catch the full segment here: bbc.co.uk/newsround/vi...
#carspreading #SUV #saferstreets
🙃 The children's news show ran a story on #carspreading with Solve the School Run and it's honestly one of the best SUV explainers we've seen!
Catch the full segment here: bbc.co.uk/newsround/vi...
#carspreading #SUV #saferstreets
Big cars: Are they a good or bad thing?
In December Cardiff became the first UK council to introduce higher parking charges for heavier vehicles - but is it fair? Ricky has been looking into the issue.
bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📣 We were on BBC's Newsround this week!
🙃 The children's news show ran a story on #carspreading with Solve the School Run and it's honestly one of the best SUV explainers we've seen!
Catch the full segment here: bbc.co.uk/newsround/vi...
#carspreading #SUV #saferstreets
🙃 The children's news show ran a story on #carspreading with Solve the School Run and it's honestly one of the best SUV explainers we've seen!
Catch the full segment here: bbc.co.uk/newsround/vi...
#carspreading #SUV #saferstreets
📣 We were on BBC's Newsround this week!
🙃 The children's news show ran a story on SUVs with Solve the School Run and it's honestly one of the best SUV explainers we've seen!
Catch the full segment here: bbc.co.uk/newsround/vi...
#carspreading #SUV #saferstreets
🙃 The children's news show ran a story on SUVs with Solve the School Run and it's honestly one of the best SUV explainers we've seen!
Catch the full segment here: bbc.co.uk/newsround/vi...
#carspreading #SUV #saferstreets
Big cars: Are they a good or bad thing?
In December Cardiff became the first UK council to introduce higher parking charges for heavier vehicles - but is it fair? Ricky has been looking into the issue.
bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
📣 We were on BBC's Newsround this week!
🙃 The children's news show ran a story on SUVs with Solve the School Run and it's honestly one of the best SUV explainers we've seen!
Catch the full segment here: bbc.co.uk/newsround/vi...
#carspreading #SUV #saferstreets
🙃 The children's news show ran a story on SUVs with Solve the School Run and it's honestly one of the best SUV explainers we've seen!
Catch the full segment here: bbc.co.uk/newsround/vi...
#carspreading #SUV #saferstreets
🚸 In many countries families routinely commute on a cargo bike. Here? Cost, storage + safety can be barriers.
😀 And yet cargos are a no-brainer for happier travel! As such, we're pushing councils to prioritise access to one for every family.
👉 Follow us for updates + share!
😀 And yet cargos are a no-brainer for happier travel! As such, we're pushing councils to prioritise access to one for every family.
👉 Follow us for updates + share!
December 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
🚸 In many countries families routinely commute on a cargo bike. Here? Cost, storage + safety can be barriers.
😀 And yet cargos are a no-brainer for happier travel! As such, we're pushing councils to prioritise access to one for every family.
👉 Follow us for updates + share!
😀 And yet cargos are a no-brainer for happier travel! As such, we're pushing councils to prioritise access to one for every family.
👉 Follow us for updates + share!
🔗 More on our campaign page 👉 www.solvetheschoolrun.org/streetsforkids
#streetsforkids #saferstreets #schoolrun
#streetsforkids #saferstreets #schoolrun
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
🔗 More on our campaign page 👉 www.solvetheschoolrun.org/streetsforkids
#streetsforkids #saferstreets #schoolrun
#streetsforkids #saferstreets #schoolrun
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Onwards and downwards to the future, fellow Londoners! 🚀
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Onwards and downwards to the future, fellow Londoners! 🚀
Many in our Cargo Collective networks invested in cargo bikes for local family travel because they knew they could rely on using zip cars when they needed to for longer trips.
We really hope this closure doesn’t go ahead.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We really hope this closure doesn’t go ahead.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Zipcar, world’s biggest car-sharing company, to close UK operation
Move by firm, owned by US group Avis Budget, will remove access to shared fleet across London at end of year
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Many in our Cargo Collective networks invested in cargo bikes for local family travel because they knew they could rely on using zip cars when they needed to for longer trips.
We really hope this closure doesn’t go ahead.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We really hope this closure doesn’t go ahead.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
🚸 How do you create safe #streetsforkids? We have a three-point manifesto! Our first ask? An effective school street for every school.
❓How does this look?
👉 Substantial and enforced!
👋 Follow us for more on our work creating safer streets for kids!
#SaferSchoolRuns
❓How does this look?
👉 Substantial and enforced!
👋 Follow us for more on our work creating safer streets for kids!
#SaferSchoolRuns
December 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🚸 How do you create safe #streetsforkids? We have a three-point manifesto! Our first ask? An effective school street for every school.
❓How does this look?
👉 Substantial and enforced!
👋 Follow us for more on our work creating safer streets for kids!
#SaferSchoolRuns
❓How does this look?
👉 Substantial and enforced!
👋 Follow us for more on our work creating safer streets for kids!
#SaferSchoolRuns
❓ Did you guess C? If so, you are absolutely right.
🫵 What do you find stressful about your school run - and what would improve it?
#schoolrun #SolveTheSchoolRun #SaferRoadsForAll #kids
Source: @morethan
🫵 What do you find stressful about your school run - and what would improve it?
#schoolrun #SolveTheSchoolRun #SaferRoadsForAll #kids
Source: @morethan
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
❓ Did you guess C? If so, you are absolutely right.
🫵 What do you find stressful about your school run - and what would improve it?
#schoolrun #SolveTheSchoolRun #SaferRoadsForAll #kids
Source: @morethan
🫵 What do you find stressful about your school run - and what would improve it?
#schoolrun #SolveTheSchoolRun #SaferRoadsForAll #kids
Source: @morethan
This is what happens when you create safe #streetsforkids 👇
🎉Celebrating one year of our ambitious and transformative school street.
💚Happy, safe journeys to school for all these kids.
Our first Streets for Kids manifesto ask?
👉An effective school street for every school.
🎉Celebrating one year of our ambitious and transformative school street.
💚Happy, safe journeys to school for all these kids.
Our first Streets for Kids manifesto ask?
👉An effective school street for every school.
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
This is what happens when you create safe #streetsforkids 👇
🎉Celebrating one year of our ambitious and transformative school street.
💚Happy, safe journeys to school for all these kids.
Our first Streets for Kids manifesto ask?
👉An effective school street for every school.
🎉Celebrating one year of our ambitious and transformative school street.
💚Happy, safe journeys to school for all these kids.
Our first Streets for Kids manifesto ask?
👉An effective school street for every school.
Reposted by Solve the School Run
Even in London where councils have all the powers they need to eliminate pavement parking (and have done since 1978), many councils actively enable pavement driving - this is our walk to school #wandsworth @solveschoolrun.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social @wandsworthls.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Even in London where councils have all the powers they need to eliminate pavement parking (and have done since 1978), many councils actively enable pavement driving - this is our walk to school #wandsworth @solveschoolrun.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social @wandsworthls.bsky.social
Glad to see our research in the Daily Mail in a really thoughtful and well researched piece from Elizabeth Haigh.
This is the untold story of millions of children making their way to school in levels of unacceptable danger. We need #streetsforkids
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
This is the untold story of millions of children making their way to school in levels of unacceptable danger. We need #streetsforkids
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Girl, 12, in hit-and-run as 440 kids injured each year on school run
Aaishah Mohammed, then 12, was walking home with her eight-year-old sister when a car came careering around a corner and struck her head-on, leaving her needing emergency surgery.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Glad to see our research in the Daily Mail in a really thoughtful and well researched piece from Elizabeth Haigh.
This is the untold story of millions of children making their way to school in levels of unacceptable danger. We need #streetsforkids
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
This is the untold story of millions of children making their way to school in levels of unacceptable danger. We need #streetsforkids
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
480,000 London car trips per day are down to the school run 😮
👉 Follow us and support our campaign to make your school run cleaner, greener, safer – and way more fun than sitting in a traffic jam!
#SolveTheSchoolRun #SaferRoadsForAll #parentinghacks
👉 Follow us and support our campaign to make your school run cleaner, greener, safer – and way more fun than sitting in a traffic jam!
#SolveTheSchoolRun #SaferRoadsForAll #parentinghacks
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
480,000 London car trips per day are down to the school run 😮
👉 Follow us and support our campaign to make your school run cleaner, greener, safer – and way more fun than sitting in a traffic jam!
#SolveTheSchoolRun #SaferRoadsForAll #parentinghacks
👉 Follow us and support our campaign to make your school run cleaner, greener, safer – and way more fun than sitting in a traffic jam!
#SolveTheSchoolRun #SaferRoadsForAll #parentinghacks
This isn't Amsterdam. (Honest!)
We successfully campaign for more cycle lanes, school streets, zebra crossings, 20mph speed limits and parking controls, all of which can make school zones safer places to walk, ride or scoot
👉 Want to know more? bit.ly/3X4M5M9
#solvetheschoolrun #primaryschool
We successfully campaign for more cycle lanes, school streets, zebra crossings, 20mph speed limits and parking controls, all of which can make school zones safer places to walk, ride or scoot
👉 Want to know more? bit.ly/3X4M5M9
#solvetheschoolrun #primaryschool
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This isn't Amsterdam. (Honest!)
We successfully campaign for more cycle lanes, school streets, zebra crossings, 20mph speed limits and parking controls, all of which can make school zones safer places to walk, ride or scoot
👉 Want to know more? bit.ly/3X4M5M9
#solvetheschoolrun #primaryschool
We successfully campaign for more cycle lanes, school streets, zebra crossings, 20mph speed limits and parking controls, all of which can make school zones safer places to walk, ride or scoot
👉 Want to know more? bit.ly/3X4M5M9
#solvetheschoolrun #primaryschool