Schoolchildren in Navan got on board Ireland's longest walking bus as part of a smarter travel campaign.
Approximately fifteen hundred primary school students have taken to the streets of Navan to set a new Irish record for the largest walking bus. The children cheered, sang and shouted their way into the record books.
The event is part of the County Meath town’s campaign to secure funding from the Smarter Travel Competition which was set up to encourage children and adults to walk or cycle and avoid using cars.
Meath county manager Tom Dowling says the level of support today bodes well for future Navan community engagement with active travel.
In addition to travelling smarter, the record breakers can look forward to no homework once the school day is over.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 26 April 2010. The reporter is Richard Dowling.
