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PRESS RELEASE (2/04/2014)
From April 7 to 11, a Loano, Valerga Elementary School students will experience the week-long Pedibus. Children who have joined the project will walk to school, following a predetermined route with several “stops.” Accompanying them will be volunteers from Loano associations, parents and grandparents, along with Municipal Police officers.
The project “PEDIBUS - we walk to school” - promoted by the’Department of Municipal Police and Citizen Security with the P.M. Command., in collaboration with the’“The Possible City” Association of Turin aims to build routes for children to walk to school.
“We are about to experience a week of Pedibus with the children of 3rd-4th-5th grades of the Valerga plexus. - Says the Mayor of Loano Luigi Pignocca - The Pedibus project promotes pedestrian mobility, especially that of the youngest children, offering them the opportunity to reappropriate city streets when moving from home to school. There are many reasons to choose to walk to school. Children will have the opportunity to get regular exercise, acquire personal skills in orientation and dealing with traffic, and can make friends with peers. In addition, every stretch walked will help reduce traffic around the school, noise andatmospheric pollution to the benefit of all.”
“The Pedibus Week," explains Councillor Luca Lettieri - will be useful for us to test the service of accompanying children to school, which we hope to activate for the 2014/1015 school year. The recruitment of volunteers Has already started. We are involving association volunteers present in the territory, parents and grandparents. We renew our invitation to join the initiative. to all those who care about the environment and the quality of life in our city. You can give your availability at the Municipal Police Headquarters.
We believe that the project can activate a path of education in responsible behavior, involving children and adults on the issues of environmental protection and traffic education.”
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