[bikeqld] 25% reduction in car trips to schools????? Really?

[mich rolling]

I must be mathematically challenged. Michael, can you make sense out of
 Cr.Prentice's post which says that reducing 130 car trips to schools 
equates to a 25% drop in vehicle use? 


http://www.campbellnewman.com.au/article-view.html?articleId=6581
Council program removes 130 cars
Written on the 10 February, 2009 

Brisbane City Council’s Active School Travel program has resulted in a
 dramatic reduction in car trips and greenhouse gases, according to the
 latest results.

The equivalent of about 130 cars a year were removed from the road (RACQ 
average kilometre estimates) or two million vehicle kilometres, and 550 tonnes of CO2 cut from the atmosphere.

Public and Active Transport Chairman Councillor Jane Prentice said the
 achievements from the 2008 program, released today, were record results 
for the six-year program.

“Car trips were reduced by almost 25 per cent across the 13 participating
 schools during the course of the year, compared with before the program started,” she said.




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