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Article: My Word: Walking to school can help society as a whole
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- October 28, 2009
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OCTOBER IS International Walk to School Month, the month when
communities all around the world participate in daily, weekly or
monthly events designed to raise awareness about the many benefits
of safely walking and bicycling to school.
As October comes to a close, awareness about the benefits of
walking and cycling to school need to increase -- our health and
prosperity depend on it.
Joining 40 countries and all 50 states, at least 70 schools
throughout Alameda County ditched their cars and traveled to school
in active, nonpolluting ways during the week of Oct. 5-9. Forty
years ago, nearly 90 percent of students who lived close to school
walked or bicycled to get there; today that figure ...