In article , David Splett
writes
Be fair, there is noticeably less traffic on the roads during school
holidays.

Of course. I was merely attacking the suggestion that school journeys are
such a big cause of congestion, relative to work-related (and other)
journeys.

Actually, you could be surprised; This is a regular topic on
cam.transport. There is a specific road in Cambridge which has three
independent schools on it. The levels of congestion are noticeably
different between term time and holidays.

The actual number of car journeys that consist only of the "school run"
are not that large compared with the other work-related journeys.
However, the belief is that the combination of this small extra number,
combines with the fact that people who both drop off their child and
going to work will be more spread out in the holidays (having more
choice of arrival time) - the result is to push the road over the
threshold between "within capacity" and "overloaded".

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