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Do you regularly walk or cycle?

As adults, we should be setting a good example for our youth when it comes to getting active through alternative forms of transportation. Canadian kids scored a dismal D-minus on ParticipAction’s 2015 report card on children’s physical activity.
Maria Spitale-Leisk

As adults, we should be setting a good example for our youth when it comes to getting active through alternative forms of transportation.

Canadian kids scored a dismal D-minus on ParticipAction’s 2015 report card on children’s physical activity.

Only 28 per cent of kids walk to school. In North Vancouver district, nine per cent of daily trips are done by walking and two per cent by cycling, according to TransLink’s 2008 stats.

So why don’t we embrace active transportation?