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

[Yani]

Two million vehicle kilometres

Let me do some maths...

2,000,000 / 4kms trips it they were even that on average

500000 trips say 2 a day

250000 2 way trips

Let's guess 180
(http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080910205621AAfqUQs)

1389 trips per day / 16 schools

87 kids in each school that have started not using their mother (even on wet
days)

At least it is possible which is a lot better than council stats normally
are in my experience.

HOWEVER I doubt the kids that live 4kms from school are the ones not being
pick up more likely it's the 1km group

Which would be a claim of 347 per school.

There a lies, damn lies and council statistics.

The usual factor is a multiplier of 10

Yani




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On Behalf Of mich rolling
Sent: March 6, 2009 12:25 AM
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Subject: [bikeqld] 25% reduction in car trips to schools????? Really?



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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