Children today spend more time in cars than previous generations. They also spend less time playing on the streets and in unstructured and unsupervised activity outdoors.
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| Children are largely ignored when it comes to transport planning. |
The lack of opportunities for physical activity and the loss of freedom to explore their local neighbourhood is bad news for children's physical, social and mental well-being.
Though equally important, the environmental cost of these trends is not well understood. As rapid urbanisation extends across the globe, transport planning continues to be challenging. Transport is one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions. And 46 per cent of transport-related emissions come from private vehicles.
Read the piece on ABC News taken from The Conversation - “Our chauffeured children are a problem we can't ignore.”
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