She wants to walk to school with her friends instead of the van. She's 11.

School is about 1.5 km away. Three of her friends from the next street walk together and she wants to join them instead of taking the van. My partner thinks it's fine. I'm fine with most of it except the stretch along the main road with no footpath. We keep going in circles. Did anyone start with only one direction, say walking home and van in the morning, and how did that go?