Travelling to school in the Netherlands and in Flanders

School travel is highly neglected in transport science. It contributes little to today’s most envisaged transport problems but it generates its own problems. The paper presents results of a study on travel behaviour of pupils travelling to primary and secondary schools. The study focuses on two aspects: the distances between home and school and the modal choice. The study regions are the Netherlands and Flanders. Though educational policies are similar in both regions, there are significant differences in travel behaviour. In Flanders, distances to primary schools are on average considerably larger than in the Netherlands. Distances to secondary schools are more similar. The bicycle is the dominant mode for Dutch pupils. Flemish pupils use the bicycle predominantly for shorter distances (