Dolbeare Elementary School students in Wakefield participate in a ''walking school bus'' on Massachusetts Walk to School Day earlier this month.
(Globe Staff Photo / Suzanne Kreiter)
Foot traffic
Prodded by parents concerned about childhood obesity, more students are taking the 'walking bus' to get to school
Dolbeare Elementary School students in Wakefield participate in a ''walking school bus'' on Massachusetts Walk to School Day earlier this month.
(Globe Staff Photo / Suzanne Kreiter)
A t 8:12 a.m. every school day, the bus chugs off. Eight minutes later, it eases to a stop at an intersection lined with white houses; in another five minutes, it's paused at a crossroads of thickly settled capes and ranches. (Full article: 1127 words)
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