School Travel Plans

A school travel plan provides a school community with a package of practical actions to improve road safety, reduce car trips to school and encourage students to use more sustainable mode of transport such as walking, cycling, buses and trains.

A school travel plan may include:

• Road safety and cycling education
• Walk on Wednesdays
• Installation or upgrading of pedestrian facilities
• School Patrols
• Enforcement
• Traffic calming measures
• Improvement of cycle ways
• Car pooling
• Walking School Buses

 

Benefits of a school travel plan include:

• Addressing the concerns about road traffic for children on their way to and from school.
• Encouraging children to be more physically active by walking or cycling to school.
• Reducing the number of cars at the school gate.
• Reducing pollution, enhancing air quality and saving energy within the local environment.
• Active transport ensures that students are alert and ready to learn.
• Engaging the community and enhancing social connectedness.

 

The following schools have school travel plans:

• Wilford School
• Hutt Central School