The City of Vancouver will be closing the streets in front of three elementary schools starting Monday to encourage parents to use active transportation to pick up and drop off their children. The City of Vancouver is piloting a new program to encourage active transportation for parents picking up and dropping off their children at school. use active transportation to get to school, according to a written statement from the Ministry of Transportation last year. In London, England, nearly 350 school streets have been implemented. The city says school streets were also implemented in Toronto and Edinburgh.

Source: CBC News April 12, 2021 01:50 UTC