New daycare transport: Parents react at a loss to the bus change!

New daycare transport: Parents react at a loss to the bus change!

Kreis Mayen-Koblenz, Deutschland - The planned changeover of the daycare transport in the district of Kusel from June 16 causes a lot of discussion among parents. So far, children from the age of three have been driven to the daycare center with accompanying persons in the regular bus, but this practice is abolished. According to the district administration, the children must now switch to alternative transport options. These options include minibuses organized by the administration, private family trips or carpools. Some parents in particular are dissatisfied with this decision and express concerns about the security and reliability of the new regulations.

like Rheinpfalz.de informed several times about the upcoming changes and timetables provided. However, there were also complaints. For example, a mother wants an information event to better understand the new processes. The accusation of many parents is that there is saved in the wrong place.

parents show concern

In another context, parents in the adjacent district of Mayen-Koblenz also show concern about the transportation of their toddlers in local public transport. As swr.de of supervisors in the regular bus. In the discussion about the safety of the children, reference is also made to incidents, for example when a regular bus arrived with three three -year -olds, or a child fell during a trip and then had to be taken to the hospital.

The district administrator Alexander Safeig emphasizes the protection of the children and the need to check alternative transport options. While in the district of Mayen-Koblenz there are tricky questions, a new regulation is already being implemented in the Kusel district, which is geared towards the well-being of the children. The Hagner, responsible for the project, emphasizes that the new procedure is not a saving measure. Rather, the safety of the children is to be increased by more modern minibuses with seat belts and seat increases, since in the past there were often failures of bus accompanying persons.

safe mobility for children

The topic of school transport is not only explosive in the district of Kusel and Mayen-Koblenz. According to the tu dresden affect mobility impairments not only older people or people with disabilities, but also children and families with small children. This shows once again how important it is to improve the integration of school traffic into existing public transport offers.

Research underlines that experiences in public transport shape future use of children. Therefore, a secure and reliable handling of student transport is of crucial importance. The feedback from the parents and the considerations to ensure appropriate transport conditions must be taken seriously in order to restore trust in mobility in rural areas and to promote the independent mobility of the children.