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Road Safety - Cycling and Walking to School

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Description

A school travel plan sets out to provide measures that will reduce the number of car trips made by staff, parents and children and will improve the safety on the journey to school.

The primary objectives of a School Travel Plan are:

Reduce car travel to school
Improve road safety at the school and on the main routes to the school
Increase awareness of the alternatives available for travelling to school
Increase awareness of the impact of school travel on the local community and the environment
Encourage the use of sustainable and healthier travel modes

Eligibility

Every school in the Authority is eligible to write a school travel plan. The Authority has officers who will provide help and assistance with the development of the plan.

Schools that submit a travel plan (that has reached the required criteria) will be eligible for a bursary award, which is typically between £5,000 to £10,000.

Procedure

Secondary and Primary schools should in the first instance contact the school travel plan advisors who will assist in the process. Schools will be advised on the best way forward. It is the school who will write the travel plan.

It is essential for the school to survey the pupils, parents and staff to ascertain current transport choices. This baseline data will form the basis of the plan. From this information initiatives, including road safety education and training, walking buses, cycling schemes can all be developed.

The school can also develop lessons with curriculum links regarding sustainability and the affect car use has on the environment.

The plan should take a broad approach to travel looking in the first instance at what the school can achieve itself. The plan needs to set clear aims and objectives with timescales and who is responsible for each initiative.

The approved plan also needs to be monitored at regular intervals by both the school and the authority.

Contact Numbers

School Travel Plan Officer, telephone: (01226) 772618

Road Safety Officer, telephone: (01226) 772193

Opening Times/Locations

Opening Times and Locations

How can the customer help

When contacting the Council explain clearly what your concerns are and who else you have spoken to.

Specifically inform us of your connection with and contact at the school.

Leaflets

School Travel Strategies and Plans - A Best Practice Guide for local authorities

Travelling to School - a good practice guide

Traffic and Road Safety Service Standards

Response Times/Next Steps

A school travel plan requires thought and discussion and consultations with all interested parties. It is not a quick process so it will take some time to be produced. Within the plan there may be quick 'wins' such as setting up a walking 'bus', but other objectives will only be achieved over a longer period of time.

The travel plan will identify how long achieving these objectives is expected to take. This will be reviewed periodically.