Most parents Here are too car-dependent. I only know two who walk their kids to school. One parent, in particular, drives even though the school is just a 10-minute walk away, then drives to work, which is only one subway stop away—a trip that would take just 15 minutes without the car. Ironically, they say that once their kids are older, they’ll let them walk to school, but you know they’ll still keep using the car for themselves.