Bus campaign is right on the nose [Independent.ie]
- Published: 10 December 2010
IT is a simple campaign which has changed the way children use public transport.
A scheme by Dublin Bus to steer children away from vandalism on the buses has been hailed as being at least partly responsible for opening up routes where the vehicles could not previously go.
Yesterday, the latest winners from an art and poetry competition run by Dublin Bus for primary school children were unveiled in a calendar for 2011.
The competition -- which has been in operation since 2002 -- is aimed at instilling a sense of respect in children.
The chairman of Sunderland football club, Niall Quinn, was on hand to pose with the winners of the competition.
"It is an important thing because to grow up understanding the bus and how people in all walks of life depend on it and to come to grow and like it, that is what the whole thing is about," he said.
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