How children’s scooters transformed the school run

BBC News Magazine | Justin Parkinson | 21 January 2015 

Children’s scooters have soared in popularity in recent years, but are they making life easier or harder for parents and pedestrians?

Getting the kids to school can be a pain. But at least it’s becoming a speedier process. Children, often adorned with helmets, pads and high-visibility vests, are increasingly taking scooters to get to their classrooms.

According to a survey of 75,000 children by the transport charitySustrans, the proportion of UK pupils regularly scooting or skating to school went up by more than half between 2013 and 2014, from 9.3% to 14.3%

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