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The long awaited day of going back to school has finally arrived, after this very long wait, characterized first by the confinement and then by thousands of decisions made, canceled and postponed. In this situation I am 2.5 million students who will change their means of transport.
According to a Facile.it survey, 57% of students will go to school by car, motorcycle or scooter; only 14.9% by bus or tram. The fear of the Coronavirus changes many habits. Schools have staggered entry hours, public transport has had a reduced capacity for months. In any case, student mobility is one of the most critical issues, a difficult problem to solve. Organizational difficulties at such a delicate time force every family to rethink the way they take or get their children to school.
The investigation in question was commissioned by Facile.it to mUp research and Norstat, and was carried out in a representative sample of Italian families with children from 2 to 18 years old. From the data collected, we can say that this year, since the news of the reopening of schools arrived, almost 1 in 3 students, about 2.5 million children and young people, decided to change (together with their family) totally or partially , the means of transportation for the journey from home to school.
50% said to change media for fear of Covid. Many, due to practicality or lack of alternatives, will in any case resort to using their own vehicle; It seems that this year 6 out of 10 students will arrive at school by car or motorcycle. The figure is even more significant if we take into account that last year 50.2% of schoolchildren used this type of vehicle. Clearly there will be repercussions on city traffic and air pollution, which we have been trying so hard to combat for some time.
Source: Facile.it Press Office
too the public transport network will suffer greatly, given that the number of students who intend to use the buses and trams drops a lot. Only 14.9% will use them, while only about 2% of students will choose to go to school by metro or train. Those who chose to walk to school increased slightly, 31.7% of students.
The analysis shows that the main reason why many families will change their mode of transport is precisely the fear of Covid; those most concerned about the disease are parents living in the south and on the islands. However, for more than half a million families, the reason for the change is also related to the staggered entry schedule adopted by the school. There worry about the trip from home to school It is also shared by those who will not change their means of transport; the most concerned are the parents of children who attend lower and upper secondary school. In fact, children of this age often go to school alone and parents cannot supervise compliance with contagion containment measures.
Source: Facile.it Press Office
