Samenvatting
The Dutch Ministry of Education has decided on a policy to close down small secondary schools implying doubling of minimum pupil standards from 120 to 240 for a four year course. This operation is likely to have effects regarding safety and cost of public transport, because many pupils will have to cycle longer distances and quite a few will change to subsidized means of collective transport. Therefore, the present study sought to determine on the basis of available data how mileage and modal split in educational journeys have developed in recent years and which factors determine modal split in this market segment.