School travel strategies and plans: a best practice guide for local authorities
Table of contents
- Foreword
- School Travel Advisory Group Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Background
- 2.1The journey to school
- 2.2School travel strategies and plans
- 2.3Other guidance
- Chapter 3: Developing a school travel strategy
- 3The policy context
- 3.1Local transport plans
- 3.2Strategy steering group
- 3.3Objectives
- 3.4Problems and pitfalls
- 3.5School and local education authority policies
- 3.6How many schools?
- 3.7Finding partners
- 3.8Which schools?
- 3.9Contacting schools
- 3.10Finding school champions
- 3.11Advantage for the school
- 3.12School travel strategies in action
- 3.13 Coordination within the local authority
- Chapter 4: Developing a school travel plan
- 4.1Introduction
- 4.2School working group
- 4.3Effective consultation
- 4.4Review school policy
- 4.5Initial research
- 4.6The school travel plan toolkit
- 4.7Maintaining impetus and managing expectation
- 4.8Awareness raising and publicity
- 4.9Working with schools
- 4.10Working with business
- 4.11Timescale and programme
- Chapter 5: Surveys, monitoring and evaluation
- 5.1Introduction
- 5.2Surveys
- 5.3Outcomes and indicators
- 5.4Targets
- Chapter 6: School travel plan toolkit: practical measures
- 6.1Introduction
- 6.2Walking initiatives
- 6.3Cycling initiatives
- 6.4Road safety training and classroom work
- 6.5Public transport initiatives
- 6.6Highway engineering measures
- 6.7School management
- 6.8Involving parents
- Chapter 7: The travel plan document
- Chapter 8: Relocation, expansion and new schools
- Chapter 9: Sources of funding
- Partnership funds
- Other DETR funds
- Local authority funds
- Schools
- Charitable trusts and foundations
- The National Lottery
- Health authorities
- Landfill tax
- Europe
- Local companies
- Appendix A: Policy context
- Appendix B: Case Studies
- Appendix C: Bibliography
- Appendix D: Contacts
