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What percent of kids ride their bikes to school now?
Less than 1 percent
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What percent of kids rode their bikes in the 1970s?
Over 60 percent (Surface Transportation Policy Project, Caught in the Crosswalk)
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How long does it take to walk ¼ mile or bike 1 mile?
10 minutes (Pedestrian Federation of America)
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What percent of morning traffic is parents driving their children to school?
20-25% (Department of Environment and Transport Regions, London, England; Marin CMA)
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True or False: Fifty percent of children that are hit by cars near school are hit by cars driven by parents of other students. (Washington State Department of Transportation).
True
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