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School Travel Project Ideas

Publicity of School Travel Plan
•  Travel plan notice board
•  Map of safer routes to the school
•  Posters/ leaflets
•  Newsletter
•  Travel plan summary leaflet
•  Travel theme stickers
•  Pupil led awareness campaign
•  School travel section on school website
•  Competitions - travel plan logo, name the walking bus

National campaigns to promote sustainable travel
•  National Walk to School Week (May)
•  International Walk to School Week (October)
•  National Bike Week (June)
•  Bike to School Week (April)
•  Walk on Wednesday Campaign
•  Prizes/ help from local businesses
•  Awards ceremony
•  Media involvement

School Management Issues
•  Visible school uniform
•  Staggered school start/ finish
•  Review timetable/ homework
•  Homework sessions at school
•  Storage space at school
•  Trousers for girls
•  Restrictions to cars allowed on school grounds
•  Parking permits
•  School gate locked
•  Travel issues included in school prospectus - target new pupils
•  Staff supervise school entrance
•  Breakfast/ after school clubs
•  Allow cycling to school
•  Class visits by bike

Training
•  Pedestrian training
•  Cycling proficiency - basic/ advanced
•  On-road cycle training
•  Route specific cycle training
•  Personal safety training
•  Parent/ volunteer escort training
•  Pre-driver training
•  Traffic Trails

Curriculum work
•  ICT - statistical analysis of surveys/ online mapping software
•  Design - Bike shed design/ school safety zone signs
•  Geography - route planning/ GCSE coursework/ travel module/ environmental issues
•  Numeracy - survey analysis / graphs
•  PSHE - health/ citizenship/ safety
•  English language - publicity/ promotional work
•  School council - debating travel issues
•  Practical sessions - children monitor traffic with speed guns and hold up their own slow sign if car is speeding

Walking
•  Walking bus
•  Walking passport
•  Drop off zone
•  Park and stride
•  Walk on Wednesday Campaign
•  Safest route trail on pavement
•  Traffic around/ in school held back for pedestrians
•  Walking incentive scheme
•  Golden Trainer Scheme

Cycling
•  Cycle permit scheme
•  Bike trains
•  Lockable bike sheds
•  Lockers for Cyclists
•  CCTV
•  Cycle ramp play area
•  Cycling events - charity bike rides/ cycle challenge
•  Reflective clothing
•  Promote/ provide cycle helmets
•  Provide cycle route maps
•  Golden Trainer Scheme

Buses
•  Bus training
•  Timetable information displayed in school
•  Simple timetable leaflet for pupils
•  Bus code of behaviour
•  Bus awareness day