AN effort to resolve the problems of the school run has been taken to the top.
School runs cause congestion and other problems as parents arrive to pick up or drop off children at the same time.
North Yorkshire's travel awareness officer Geoff Gardner was invited to a Downing Street think-tank, which included the Secretary of State for Transport Alistair Darling, and for Education, Charles Clarke.
Mr Gardner said: "We have fewer children walking to school in North Yorkshire than anywhere else in the region and the extra efforts we are taking to counteract this have obviously caught the attention of Whitehall.
"I used the opportunity to promote our idea of a five-minute walking zone around every school.
"We all have to drive sometimes, but almost everyone can walk the last five minutes of every journey."
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