• Children at the schools participating in the Walking School Bus program were five times more likely to cross the street in a safe location—at the corner or crosswalk— than they were before their schools started the program.
• Children's safety behaviors were more strongly related to whether their school participated in the Walking School Bus than to the number of traffic lanes or parents’ perceptions of neighborhood safety.
• Traffic lanes and perceived neighborhood safety may have less of an effect on children’s behavior than the influence of peers, adults or crossing guards.
• Because walking to school may increase children’s risk of pedestrian injury, walk-to-school programs, such as the Walking School Bus, should be designed to make this activity as safe as possible.

Read the full article: Impact of a Pilot Walking School Bus Intervention on Children’s Pedestrian Safety Behaviors: A Pilot Study