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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We're campaigning for families to have safe, green, clean and convenient school runs.
From actual school buses to bike buses, we'd love school runs to look more like this 👇
Find out more, and sign up to our newsletter here:
solvetheschoolrun.org
#saferoutes #activetravel #healthystreets
From actual school buses to bike buses, we'd love school runs to look more like this 👇
Find out more, and sign up to our newsletter here:
solvetheschoolrun.org
#saferoutes #activetravel #healthystreets
🫵🏻 Want your children’s school to have School Street designation?
🚸 It creates priority for families cycling or walking by closing the road during drop-off and pick-up.
🚦All children should feel going to and from school!
👉 More info bit.ly/47dyTJu
#SchoolRun
🚸 It creates priority for families cycling or walking by closing the road during drop-off and pick-up.
🚦All children should feel going to and from school!
👉 More info bit.ly/47dyTJu
#SchoolRun
Take Action | Solve the School Run
Fed up with your school run? Take a look at some of the solutions - from school streets and zebra crossings to ditching your daily car trip for a school bus.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🫵🏻 Want your children’s school to have School Street designation?
🚸 It creates priority for families cycling or walking by closing the road during drop-off and pick-up.
🚦All children should feel going to and from school!
👉 More info bit.ly/47dyTJu
#SchoolRun
🚸 It creates priority for families cycling or walking by closing the road during drop-off and pick-up.
🚦All children should feel going to and from school!
👉 More info bit.ly/47dyTJu
#SchoolRun
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Based on current fatality rates, 106 people will be killed in crashes on Birmingham’s roads during the 2026 to 2030 council term.
We are partnering as an unprecedented coalition of 16 national and local organisations to ask the politicians of tomorrow: Will you make Birmingham’s roads safer?
We are partnering as an unprecedented coalition of 16 national and local organisations to ask the politicians of tomorrow: Will you make Birmingham’s roads safer?
Will you make Birmingham's roads safer?
Better Streets joins with 15 organisations to make ten asks of tomorrow's politicians to address road safety.
betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Based on current fatality rates, 106 people will be killed in crashes on Birmingham’s roads during the 2026 to 2030 council term.
We are partnering as an unprecedented coalition of 16 national and local organisations to ask the politicians of tomorrow: Will you make Birmingham’s roads safer?
We are partnering as an unprecedented coalition of 16 national and local organisations to ask the politicians of tomorrow: Will you make Birmingham’s roads safer?
😮 In London 65% of primary school journeys over 1 mile in length are driven.
❓How many children are travelling over 1 mile to your school?
👉 Find out in our first-of-its-kind data dashboard: bit.ly/3JdNXii #solvetheschoolrun
❓How many children are travelling over 1 mile to your school?
👉 Find out in our first-of-its-kind data dashboard: bit.ly/3JdNXii #solvetheschoolrun
School Run Data | Solve the School Run
View our interactive dashboard and explore data on the school run in your London area.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
😮 In London 65% of primary school journeys over 1 mile in length are driven.
❓How many children are travelling over 1 mile to your school?
👉 Find out in our first-of-its-kind data dashboard: bit.ly/3JdNXii #solvetheschoolrun
❓How many children are travelling over 1 mile to your school?
👉 Find out in our first-of-its-kind data dashboard: bit.ly/3JdNXii #solvetheschoolrun
Want to start using a cargo bike to improve your school run, but don’t know where to start? We have all the experience, information, tips and support you need!
👉 bit.ly/47dyTJu
#SolveTheSchoolRun #cargobikes #schoolrun #parentinghacks
👉 bit.ly/47dyTJu
#SolveTheSchoolRun #cargobikes #schoolrun #parentinghacks
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Want to start using a cargo bike to improve your school run, but don’t know where to start? We have all the experience, information, tips and support you need!
👉 bit.ly/47dyTJu
#SolveTheSchoolRun #cargobikes #schoolrun #parentinghacks
👉 bit.ly/47dyTJu
#SolveTheSchoolRun #cargobikes #schoolrun #parentinghacks
Half term is so visibly over, right?
🚸 And it has a HUGE knock-on effect on traffic.
🚗 In some areas the school run has been reported to increase pollution and bus times by a staggering 50% compared to school holidays! How were your local roads last week?
#londonparents
🚸 And it has a HUGE knock-on effect on traffic.
🚗 In some areas the school run has been reported to increase pollution and bus times by a staggering 50% compared to school holidays! How were your local roads last week?
#londonparents
November 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Half term is so visibly over, right?
🚸 And it has a HUGE knock-on effect on traffic.
🚗 In some areas the school run has been reported to increase pollution and bus times by a staggering 50% compared to school holidays! How were your local roads last week?
#londonparents
🚸 And it has a HUGE knock-on effect on traffic.
🚗 In some areas the school run has been reported to increase pollution and bus times by a staggering 50% compared to school holidays! How were your local roads last week?
#londonparents
Hey... we're now Solving the School Run on Facebook, too!
👋 Please do drop by to say hi!
👉 bit.ly/49rbsyV
#solvetheschoolrun #parentinghacks #roadsafety #londonparents
👋 Please do drop by to say hi!
👉 bit.ly/49rbsyV
#solvetheschoolrun #parentinghacks #roadsafety #londonparents
Solve The School Run
Solve The School Run. 10 likes · 7 talking about this. We're a parent-led charity that works with families, commuities and local authorities to create safer, greener and healthier journeys to school
bit.ly
November 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Hey... we're now Solving the School Run on Facebook, too!
👋 Please do drop by to say hi!
👉 bit.ly/49rbsyV
#solvetheschoolrun #parentinghacks #roadsafety #londonparents
👋 Please do drop by to say hi!
👉 bit.ly/49rbsyV
#solvetheschoolrun #parentinghacks #roadsafety #londonparents
We've got a shiny new Facebook page - come and join us! bit.ly/49rbsyV #solvetheschoolrun
Solve The School Run
Solve The School Run. 10 likes · 7 talking about this. We're a parent-led charity that works with families, commuities and local authorities to create safer, greener and healthier journeys to school
bit.ly
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
We've got a shiny new Facebook page - come and join us! bit.ly/49rbsyV #solvetheschoolrun
“The way to reduce school transport costs in the long term, is to first invest in walking and cycling infrastructure that is safe enough for children to travel on independently, as they do in many European countries.”
☝️Our quote in Schoolsweek
schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-counc...
☝️Our quote in Schoolsweek
schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-counc...
Reform council's school transport cut call 'Victorian'
Phillipson rejects call to extend the distance children can be expected to make their own way to school
schoolsweek.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 6:55 AM
“The way to reduce school transport costs in the long term, is to first invest in walking and cycling infrastructure that is safe enough for children to travel on independently, as they do in many European countries.”
☝️Our quote in Schoolsweek
schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-counc...
☝️Our quote in Schoolsweek
schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-counc...
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Spooky quiet in Oxford during “rush hour” when it's school holidays
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Spooky quiet in Oxford during “rush hour” when it's school holidays
Noticed quieter roads this week?
🚸 If it's half term in your area, chances are you have.
🚗 In some areas the school run has been reported to increase pollution and bus times by an enormous 50% compared to school holidays!
❓What's it like where you live this week?
#schoolrun
🚸 If it's half term in your area, chances are you have.
🚗 In some areas the school run has been reported to increase pollution and bus times by an enormous 50% compared to school holidays!
❓What's it like where you live this week?
#schoolrun
October 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Noticed quieter roads this week?
🚸 If it's half term in your area, chances are you have.
🚗 In some areas the school run has been reported to increase pollution and bus times by an enormous 50% compared to school holidays!
❓What's it like where you live this week?
#schoolrun
🚸 If it's half term in your area, chances are you have.
🚗 In some areas the school run has been reported to increase pollution and bus times by an enormous 50% compared to school holidays!
❓What's it like where you live this week?
#schoolrun
💡 Want to start using a cargo bike to improve your school run, but don’t know where to start?
👉 We have all the experience, information, tips and support you need!
🔗 Solve the School Run bit.ly/3WfdrPm
#cargobikes #schoolrun #parentinghacks
👉 We have all the experience, information, tips and support you need!
🔗 Solve the School Run bit.ly/3WfdrPm
#cargobikes #schoolrun #parentinghacks
Take Action | Solve the School Run
Fed up with your school run? Take a look at some of the solutions - from school streets and zebra crossings to ditching your daily car trip for a school bus.
www.solvetheschoolrun.org
October 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
💡 Want to start using a cargo bike to improve your school run, but don’t know where to start?
👉 We have all the experience, information, tips and support you need!
🔗 Solve the School Run bit.ly/3WfdrPm
#cargobikes #schoolrun #parentinghacks
👉 We have all the experience, information, tips and support you need!
🔗 Solve the School Run bit.ly/3WfdrPm
#cargobikes #schoolrun #parentinghacks
Our co-founder Nicola Pastore wrote about our new data dashboard for @TransportXtra and why she is leading a campaign to reinstate the collection of travel to school data in the census bit.ly/4opwPoz
Children’s travel matters, and that's why it must be properl
In 2011 the government stopped collecting data on how children travel to school. With the government failing to meet its walking to school targets, as was revea
bit.ly
October 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Our co-founder Nicola Pastore wrote about our new data dashboard for @TransportXtra and why she is leading a campaign to reinstate the collection of travel to school data in the census bit.ly/4opwPoz
🚸A school street closes roads to cars at drop-off and pick-up to protect pupils on foot, bike or scooter from speeding cars and pollution. Ours closes three!
🙌 There are now 900+ of them in the country!
🤸🏿Inspired?
👉 Find out more! bit.ly/4oj5mWh
#schoolstreets
🙌 There are now 900+ of them in the country!
🤸🏿Inspired?
👉 Find out more! bit.ly/4oj5mWh
#schoolstreets
October 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🚸A school street closes roads to cars at drop-off and pick-up to protect pupils on foot, bike or scooter from speeding cars and pollution. Ours closes three!
🙌 There are now 900+ of them in the country!
🤸🏿Inspired?
👉 Find out more! bit.ly/4oj5mWh
#schoolstreets
🙌 There are now 900+ of them in the country!
🤸🏿Inspired?
👉 Find out more! bit.ly/4oj5mWh
#schoolstreets
The government used to collect invaluable data on children's travel to school. Then it stopped 🤨 bit.ly/3WdNvUb #solvetheschoolrun
Why isn't the government collecting data on children's active travel to school?
In 2011 the government stopped collecting school level data on how children are travelling to school. We outline why this data is so important to transforming school run active travel and a quick…
bit.ly
October 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The government used to collect invaluable data on children's travel to school. Then it stopped 🤨 bit.ly/3WdNvUb #solvetheschoolrun
We sure can!
October 22, 2025 at 5:07 AM
We sure can!
The government used to collect invaluable data on children's travel to school. Then it stopped 🤨 bit.ly/3WdNvUb #solvetheschoolrun
Why isn't the government collecting data on children's active travel to school?
In 2011 the government stopped collecting school level data on how children are travelling to school. We outline why this data is so important to transforming school run active travel and a quick…
bit.ly
October 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The government used to collect invaluable data on children's travel to school. Then it stopped 🤨 bit.ly/3WdNvUb #solvetheschoolrun
London parents: ever wondered how many pupils are driven to your primary school? Now you can find out! Simply type the school’s name into our first-of-its-kind data dashboard - link below
#solvetheschoolrun
👉https://www.solvetheschoolrun.org/schooltraveldata
#solvetheschoolrun
👉https://www.solvetheschoolrun.org/schooltraveldata
School Run Data | Solve the School Run
View our interactive dashboard and explore data on the school run in your London area.
www.solvetheschoolrun.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
London parents: ever wondered how many pupils are driven to your primary school? Now you can find out! Simply type the school’s name into our first-of-its-kind data dashboard - link below
#solvetheschoolrun
👉https://www.solvetheschoolrun.org/schooltraveldata
#solvetheschoolrun
👉https://www.solvetheschoolrun.org/schooltraveldata
A huge turnout from #twickenham families protesting at the road danger they face on their walk to school.
Amazing organising from those involved but families really should not have to do this.
#saferoutes #visionzero #schoolrun
@london.gov.uk
bit.ly/43kAewL
Amazing organising from those involved but families really should not have to do this.
#saferoutes #visionzero #schoolrun
@london.gov.uk
bit.ly/43kAewL
Families protest 'dangerous' Twickenham roundabout after terrifying crash
The protest took place near the A316 at Margaret’s Roundabout in Twickenham, where a driver crashed through roadside barriers last year, narrowly missing family
bit.ly
October 18, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A huge turnout from #twickenham families protesting at the road danger they face on their walk to school.
Amazing organising from those involved but families really should not have to do this.
#saferoutes #visionzero #schoolrun
@london.gov.uk
bit.ly/43kAewL
Amazing organising from those involved but families really should not have to do this.
#saferoutes #visionzero #schoolrun
@london.gov.uk
bit.ly/43kAewL
Reposted by Solve the School Run
A new study models 20mph/30kph effects on cycling and traffic. A useful nuance is "negligible impact on journey times...due to lowered speed limits largely being applied on local streets instead of larger, ‘busier’ roads designed to maximise the flow of traffic"
road.cc/content/news...
road.cc/content/news...
Reducing speed limits to 20mph protects cyclists and doesn’t delay traffic, new research finds
Researchers in Australia modelled traffic stress levels according to varying speed limits… and the results are no surprise
road.cc
October 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A new study models 20mph/30kph effects on cycling and traffic. A useful nuance is "negligible impact on journey times...due to lowered speed limits largely being applied on local streets instead of larger, ‘busier’ roads designed to maximise the flow of traffic"
road.cc/content/news...
road.cc/content/news...
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Hats off to @deathcardiff.bsky.social & Cardiff cllrs for their new parking policy to charge more for the heaviest SUVs 👏
A <10 child 3x more likely to be killed by an SUV and they don't even fit in urban parking spaces - affecting us all! #carspreading
NEWS: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A <10 child 3x more likely to be killed by an SUV and they don't even fit in urban parking spaces - affecting us all! #carspreading
NEWS: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
October 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Hats off to @deathcardiff.bsky.social & Cardiff cllrs for their new parking policy to charge more for the heaviest SUVs 👏
A <10 child 3x more likely to be killed by an SUV and they don't even fit in urban parking spaces - affecting us all! #carspreading
NEWS: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A <10 child 3x more likely to be killed by an SUV and they don't even fit in urban parking spaces - affecting us all! #carspreading
NEWS: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Beyonce's cycling thoughts:
"I was able to get around Dublin because by the time anybody noticed me, I was gone. People just said 'hello' and gave me peace and I just felt so free - it was one of the best memories of my life."
www.independent.ie/regionals/he...
"I was able to get around Dublin because by the time anybody noticed me, I was gone. People just said 'hello' and gave me peace and I just felt so free - it was one of the best memories of my life."
www.independent.ie/regionals/he...
October 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Beyonce's cycling thoughts:
"I was able to get around Dublin because by the time anybody noticed me, I was gone. People just said 'hello' and gave me peace and I just felt so free - it was one of the best memories of my life."
www.independent.ie/regionals/he...
"I was able to get around Dublin because by the time anybody noticed me, I was gone. People just said 'hello' and gave me peace and I just felt so free - it was one of the best memories of my life."
www.independent.ie/regionals/he...
Parents in #richmond are protesting over a dangerous crossing used by hundreds of families on the school run.
They’ve got over 2.5k signatures and still going strong 🙌
Kids shouldn’t have to risk their lives to get to school.
twickenham.nub.news/news/local-n...
They’ve got over 2.5k signatures and still going strong 🙌
Kids shouldn’t have to risk their lives to get to school.
twickenham.nub.news/news/local-n...
Parents to protest over 'death trap' St Margarets crossing as calls grow for urgent safety action
Residents will protest at St Margarets Roundabout on Friday, 17 October, demanding urgent safety improvements after ongoing pedestrian risks.
twickenham.nub.news
October 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Parents in #richmond are protesting over a dangerous crossing used by hundreds of families on the school run.
They’ve got over 2.5k signatures and still going strong 🙌
Kids shouldn’t have to risk their lives to get to school.
twickenham.nub.news/news/local-n...
They’ve got over 2.5k signatures and still going strong 🙌
Kids shouldn’t have to risk their lives to get to school.
twickenham.nub.news/news/local-n...
600,000 London pupils walk, cycle or scoot to primary school. And they’re being let down by a city designed to prioritise cars, facing road danger and pollution. They deserve safer and healthier routes to school! But there are solutions: bit.ly/3KOFin2
#RoadSafety #AirPollution #safestreets
#RoadSafety #AirPollution #safestreets
Take Action | Solve the School Run
Fed up with your school run? Take a look at some of the solutions - from school streets and zebra crossings to ditching your daily car trip for a school bus.
www.solvetheschoolrun.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
600,000 London pupils walk, cycle or scoot to primary school. And they’re being let down by a city designed to prioritise cars, facing road danger and pollution. They deserve safer and healthier routes to school! But there are solutions: bit.ly/3KOFin2
#RoadSafety #AirPollution #safestreets
#RoadSafety #AirPollution #safestreets
Woo! 🏆 We won Saturday’s Lambeth Climate Pitch competition for our work supporting safer streets for children & our parent powered Cargo Collective promoting cargo bikes.
Thanks to @integrateuk.bsky.social for hosting a great day.
#netzero #parentpower #cargobikes
Thanks to @integrateuk.bsky.social for hosting a great day.
#netzero #parentpower #cargobikes
October 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Woo! 🏆 We won Saturday’s Lambeth Climate Pitch competition for our work supporting safer streets for children & our parent powered Cargo Collective promoting cargo bikes.
Thanks to @integrateuk.bsky.social for hosting a great day.
#netzero #parentpower #cargobikes
Thanks to @integrateuk.bsky.social for hosting a great day.
#netzero #parentpower #cargobikes