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Find out more about what we do. The following articles, case studies and data show how implementing HomeRun can help cut car use and carbon emissions on the school run, as well as make parents' lives easier.
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Well done us - we submitted our response to the Integrated National Transport Strategy a full two days before the deadline!
As part of our submission, we included the things that most transport professionals already know needs to be delivered, such as integrated ticketing systems, flexible longer-term funding for local transport authorities, separate rural transport policies… and taking the school run seriously
May 17
The impacts of the school run are getting worse
Levels of active travel to school have stayed static and more pupils are being driven to school now than there were 20 years ago! I believe the underlying issue is the lack of rich, actionable, school-run specific data, which is resulting in ineffective one-size fits all solutions being implemented - these do not address specific place-based transport requirements.
Feb 16
“HomeRun struck us as something which was going to help us get further, faster.”
Q&A with Richard Brent, bursar at St Faith’s School, an independent prep school in Cambridge. They implemented HomeRun in July 2022....
Dec 5, 2022
“When it comes to traffic, there are as many opinions as people. What we need is data.”
Transport solutions are tricky to implement, expensive and take time to bed in. That’s why they need to be based on facts and data,...
Dec 1, 2022
“Discover what made me decide to create an app devoted to the school run.”
I’ve just become a father for the first time. There are so many things preoccupying me about my child’s future, but it would be fair to...
Oct 13, 2022
“No parent really wants to drive their child to school twice a day across London.”
Q&A with Nicola Pastore, mother and campaigner in South East London co-founding Sustainable School Run. What made you realise the school...
Sep 13, 2022
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