School Travel Planning

School Travel Planning brings together community stakeholders to identify barriers to active transportation for each school and develop a written action plan.

As a first step towards adoption of School Travel Planning in Canada, Green Communities prepared two reports, based on extensive international research into other similar models. This phase of the project was supported by Transport Canada's Moving on Sustainable Transportation (MOST) initiative.

• School Travel Planning - International Best Practice (Adobe PDF)
• School Travel Planning - Recommendations for Canada (Adobe PDF)

The expansion of School Travel Planning for 2009-2010 in Canada is made possible through financial contributions from the Public Health Agency of Canada and George Weston Limited/Loblaw Companies Limited. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Public Health Agency of Canada or George Weston Limited/Loblaw Companies Limited.

Based on the experience gained during the Canadian pilot test of School Travel Planning that took place from November 2007 through March 2009, a comprehensive toolkit has been developed to assist with establishing a School Travel Planning program.

This is still a pilot project and Green Communities Canada is gathering feedback from participants on the effectiveness of these tools. If you would like access to the toolkit please click here to send us an email request. We will respond promptly to requests and forward you the necessary password to access the toolkit here.

School Travel Planning Newsletters

• STP Newsletter, Issue 5, Winter 2010 (Adobe PDF)
• STP Newsletter, Issue 4, Fall 2009 (Adobe PDF)
• STP Newsletter, Issue 3, Spring 2009 (Adobe PDF)
• STP Newsletter, Issue 2, Fall 2008 (Adobe PDF)
• STP Newsletter, Issue 1, Spring 2008 (Adobe PDF)