A common lamentation that one hears often today is how children’s ability to move around independently or child independent mobility (CIM)[1] has been curtailed as a result of traffic and ‘stranger’ danger. Simply put, parents in South Africa (and elsewhere) seem to have become increasingly afraid for the safety of their children and do not allow them to move about unaccompanied lest they be involved in road traffic crashes or become victims of crime. A mitigating action appropriate to both lower income neighbourhoods where traffic danger is relatively high as well as in the higher income neighbourhoods where feelings of stranger danger seem to be more prevalent may be voluntary ‘walking buses’. Continue reading “Setting up a walking school bus: some key considerations”