HomeRun Insights

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.

HomeRun have won government funding to create a scalable digital solution that collects, models, and visualises high-resolution school-run data. The Department for Transport grant will enable HomeRun to partner with Essex County Council, to create a system that uses machine-learning to identify schools, areas, and specific journeys that generate the most CO2 and congestion.   The school run is the biggest generator of peak-time car journeys in many UK regions, and with that c

The pupils at Frieth CE school in Henley upon Thames have made a video to get parents to reduce traffic, air pollution and carbon on the school run by signing up to HomeRun, the school run behaviour change platform. Cutting C02 emissions, congestion around schools, and air pollution is hard work, and difficult for often under-resourced schools. However, the eco-team at Frieth School in Henley upon Thames are working with their teachers to do just that.  The school launched H

What an incredible journey we’ve been on. You've helped turn the school run into a stride towards a greener future. 🌱 We want to thank all the 150+ schools and councils we work with for their commitment to reducing congestion and cutting C02 emissions from the school run. 🌎 Our data shows that in 2023, we’ve saved 350,000 school run miles and 250,000kg of carbon - equal to planting 12,000 mature trees.🌲 And we have big plans for 2024 that will make it even easier for schoo

Our St Albans’ neighbourhood network, featured in two publications. The first was published in TransportXtr and her sister publication Local Transport Today, an independent journal for transport decision makers. The piece looks at the scheme and the impact it has had in its first year, on the five primary schools and 1,000+ families that have signed up. Results so far show a 4.1% increase in active travel; an 8% increase in journey sharing and a 4.% reduction in car-use. Cli

Our Neighbourhood Project in Hampstead has hit the headlines recently. We were in the Ham & High newspaper, discussing the Hampstead school run problem here . The story was picked up by TransportXtra, a trade publication for transport decision makers, here . The pieces looked at how Camden Council is working with us to reduce the impact of the school run at a neighbourhood level, connecting groups of local schools to each other, enabling more sustainable forms of transport. H