The Limerick Smarter Travel Schools Programme aims to work with schools to deliver targeted school travel plans
What is a School Travel Plan?
A ‘School Travel Plan’ is a document produced by the whole school community and any other interested parties. It looks at how students, staff and visitors travel to and from school and should contain measures intended to improve safety, encourage the school community (students, parents, guardians and staff) to walk, cycle or avail of public transport networks.
Why create a school travel plan?
There are a number of reasons why schools may want to consider how their students, staff, parents/guardians and visitors travel to and from their establishments. These might include:
If a school has any of these concerns then it is likely that a successfully implemented school travel plan can help.
Participating in the school travel planning process with the Limerick Smarter Travel School Project will provide your school with opportunities:
Please visit www.limericksmartertravel.ie for further information or contact us using the details below
A ‘School Travel Plan’ is a document produced by the whole school community and any other interested parties. It looks at how students, staff and visitors travel to and from school and should contain measures intended to improve safety, encourage the school community (students, parents, guardians and staff) to walk, cycle or avail of public transport networks.
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| School Travel Planning Workshop Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh (Nov 2014) |
Schools wishing to develop a school travel plan will be given the dedicated support of a school travel officer who will work with your school community to identify current issues and concerns with respect to the whole journey to and from school and look at ways to address these issues and concerns through the active involvement of all stakeholders. At the end of the process your school will have a concise 'living' document which will hopefully assist your school in reducing the impact of car travel at peak school times.
There are a number of reasons why schools may want to consider how their students, staff, parents/guardians and visitors travel to and from their establishments. These might include:
- Problems with school gate congestion
- Concerns about safety of students
- Problems with parking (either on or off-site)
- Lack of awareness about the benefits of using a range of different travel options
- Lack of facilities to encourage the use of all modes of transport
- Concerns about the health of students
- Changes in school catchment, building size or numbers on roll
- Concerns about the local environment
If a school has any of these concerns then it is likely that a successfully implemented school travel plan can help.
Participating in the school travel planning process with the Limerick Smarter Travel School Project will provide your school with opportunities:
- to receive free expert guidance and support from our dedicated travel education officers
- to engage the entire school community and make a positive difference in your school
- to link travel to school with carbon emissions and global warming within the curriculum
- to receive innovative enquiry based geography mapping workshops led by travel education experts
Please visit www.limericksmartertravel.ie for further information or contact us using the details below
Contact: Ellen O Sullivan, School Programme Coordinator
Project: Limerick Smarter Travel School Project
Tel: +353 (0) 87 7917562 / +353 (0) 61 407 453
Email: lstschoolproject@gmail.com (link sends e-mail) (link sends e-mail)
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