A safer journey to school: a guide to school travel plans
Table of contents
- A guide to school travel plans for parents, teachers and governors
- A safer journey to school
- Children lose out
- How can a school travel plan help?
- How does a school travel plan work?
- Who's on board? Setting up the project
- Taking a lead
- Setting up an action team
- Managing meetings
- Help from the local authority and others
- Working with other schools
- Funding
- Introducing the project
- Safe routes logo
- Resource file
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Where are we now?
Mapping the school journey - Survey tips
- Finding out more
- Surveys for children and parents
- Postcode maps
- Looking at key concerns
- Resource file
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Where do we want to be?
Taking the project forward - Developing ideas....
- ..with the local authority
- ..with the school
- ..with residents
- Drawing up the plan
- Actions, aims and targets
- Putting it in writing
- Checks and covers
- Making it real
- Resource file
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Letting people know:
policies and publicity - School guidance on travel choices
- Secondary transfer
- School prospectus
- Why Walk?
- Active living
- Easy breathing
- Time to talk
- Better road sense
- Growing confidence
- One less car on the roads
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Classroom citizens:
school travel on the syllabus - Safer routes study
- Working roles
- Trip to Denmark
- School trail
- Resource file
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Safer routes:
redesigning the roads - Design proposal
- Here are some of the ways to make routes to schools safer
- Moving forward
- Resource file
- More walking
- Ticket to walk
- Walk to school events
- Pedestrian training
- Feet first
- Traffic-free entrances
- Visible school clothing
- Storage space
- Lollipop crossings
- Resource file
- More cycling
- Reducing road danger
- School cycle racks
- Cyclist training
- Safety gear and advice
- Maintenance checks
- Cycle permit schemes
- Lockers and carriers
- Cycling events
- Routes into the community
- Journey focus
- Resource file
- Better buses
- The law says...
- Who can help?
- User friendly information
- Low fare schemes
- Convenient times and routes
- Who funds?
- Meeting the needs of the school journey
- Behaviour on board
- Cooler by bus?
- Buses for village primary
- Sharing the ride
- School minibuses
- Resource file
- Safety sense
- Planning to cope
- Talking it through
- Resource file
- Finding the funding
- Making the case to your local authority
- Local transport funding
- Other sources of funding
- Resource file
- Action checklist
- Travel awareness:
- Local safety:
- Walking and cycling:
- Public transport:
- Sharing the ride:
- Personal safety:
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