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More and more schools in Copenhagen introduce driving bans in the morning

Several schools in Copenhagen have introduced a ban on cars passing by in the morning, typically to drop children off. The idea is to create safer school roads and make it easier to monitor the traffic.

The police will be keeping an eye on traffic around more and more schools (photo: Rådet for Sikker Trafik)

The Copenhagen Post

Sep 17, 2024

After the summer holidays, driving was banned at Jinnah International School in Vanløse, as well as two other schools in Vanløse and at Tove Ditlevsen’s School in Vesterbro. The ban applies between 7.30 and 8.30 AM, when the students meet.This adds to the fact that more and more schools in Copenhagen have introduced bans on […]

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