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Travel is the fourth theme of the Green-Schools programme. The Travel theme is funded by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and supported by the National Transport Authority . The ultimate aim of the theme is to increase the number of students walking, cycling, scooting, using public transport or carpooling on the way to school.
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Travel has been a wonderful flag to work towards; it has such a positive impact and involves parents and the local community and connected everyone to their local environment more. It also promotes good health and a more active lifestyle, benefiting not just our environment but our bodies too!
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The Green-Schools Travel National Programme
About this good practice
The aim of the Green-Schools Travel programme is to promote walking, cycling, scooting, public transport and carpooling on the journey to school with a vision to fill every bike shed in every school in Ireland. There are 7 steps 1. Set up Green Schools Committee in the school made up of students 2. Modal interchange environmental review including walk/cycle ability audit undertaken by students. Key infrastructure improvements identified submitted to the local authority which may include new bus zones outside schools, speed sensors, new footpaths, improved/replaced warning signs, new pedestrian crossings, new road markings and new lighting 3. Multimodality action plan created for the school by the students 4. Monitoring and evaluation of progress 5. Curricular work to involve all students 6. Informing and Involving 7. Green Code Flag awarded Green-Schools established national events to promote sustainable transport including: Walk to School Week, Scoot to School Week, National Cycle to School Day and the Big Travel Challenge. Green-Schools has also introduced Walk on Wednesday (WOW Days), Cycle on Wednesday (COW Days) and Scoot on Weekdays (SOW days) to schools. Under the programme schools can also avail of educational workshops which focus on climate change, sustainable travel, health and road safety, bike maintenance and cycle & scooter training. Schools can also avail of funding for cycle training, scooter parking and cycle parking under the programme.
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Funding required €1.65 million per annum Government Funding required to fund programme.
Evidence of success
Since 2008 2k schools have participated representing 400k students and 35k teachers, 4k bicycle/1k scooter parking spaces have been installed and 36.6k students received subsidised cycle training. Results from schools participating between 2016-18: • 2k extra pupils walking/cycling to school • 4k cars parking away from school gate • 1k pupils leaving car at home for the whole journey • 30k students walked to school on National walk to school day • 26% reduction in car journeys to schools
Potential for learning or transfer
This good practice is easily transferable to other regions and countries who wish to improve modal interchange to encourage more sustainable end-to-end journeys to school and thereby reduce CO2 emissions. The success of this good practice is that it is student-led and starts in the classroom, develops to the school and then to the overall community and thereby creates an environment for real behaviour change. This good practice has been shared with all project partners in the MATCH-UP project who were provided with a presentation from St Clare’s Primary School in Dublin in January 2020. A number of MATCH-UP partners have advised that this good practice has inspired them in the development of their Regional Action Plan. To watch video please go to the attached link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DI_k6XU0YM&t=7s
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Download. The Action Plan should be put together early in your Green-Schools Travel programme and it is one of your most important steps; it is the blueprint for the work you are going to do on the Travel theme. Base it on the findings of you Environmental Review (baseline survey results, walking/cycling audits); include steps to.
Organise talks by Green-Schools Officer, Road Safety Officer, Community Garda, Local Bike Shop Cycle Safety Worksheets in class Apply for Local Authority and An Taisce cycle training funding Cycle Audit with Green-Schools Travel Officer It is important to keep your Action Plan relevant to improving levels of sustainable travel use at the school and
Action Planning: Aims ->Targets ->Actions. The Action Plan should be put together early in your Green-Schools Travel programme and it is one of your most important steps; it is the blueprint for the work you are going to do on the Travel theme. Base it on the findings of you Environmental Review
Ask your Green-Schools Travel Officer for more details (recording sheet and lesson plan are available). They are also on our website: www. greenschoolsireland.org. • This survey can also be conducted with your Green-Schools Travel Officer and committee (pod) outside, using your tablet for example to record traffic passing.
Travel is the fourth theme of the Green-Schools programme. The Travel theme is funded by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and supported by the National Transport Authority. The ultimate aim of the theme is to increase the number of students walking, cycling, scooting, using public transport or carpooling on the way to school.
Travel Action Plan School: Action Date Person(s) Responsible . Action Date Person(s) Responsible . Green-schools An . Author: Kathryn Poxon Created Date: 7/16/2014 9 ...
The aim of the Green-Schools Travel programme is to promote walking, cycling, scooting, public transport and carpooling on the journey to school with a vision to fill every bike shed in every school in Ireland. There are 7 steps 1. Set up Green Schools Committee in the school made up of students 2. Modal interchange environmental review ...
Targets Set for the Green-Schools Travel Programme Year Car Mixed mode Public transport Walk or cycle 2011 -15% +3% +2% +10% 2012 -16% +3% +2% +11% The success of the Green-School Travel programme is based on two factors. The first is that the Green-Schools Travel module is delivered through the effective ‘7 Step’ methodology, which acts as a