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Walking school buses, in which a trained adult volunteer walks a group of children to school along a set route, picking up additional children at designated stops, have been adopted in various towns as a response to concerns over childhood inactivity and traffic congestion near schools. Unlike carpooling, the approach requires no vehicle and produces no emissions, while giving children a modest daily dose of exercise before lessons begin. Organizers report that participation tends to decline sharply in poor weather and during darker winter months, when parents are more reluctant to have children walk. Recruiting reliable volunteer leaders has also proven to be the single greatest obstacle to sustaining these programs over multiple years, more often than concerns about route safety, according to surveys of program coordinators.