Your travel plan connects your school with residences and other public places. To get the process started, you can open the attached form to structure your description.

The following questions should be addressed on the form:

School Description

• Name of School
• Union/District
• Location
• Grade levels
• Student population

Travel

• Student population by distance and mode of travel to school and after school activities most days
  • Two Day Student Travel Talley Form (Doc) - Handy form to record how kids are arriving at school.
  • Two Day Student Travel Talley Form (PDF) (Source: www.saferoutesinfo.org)
• Supports for walking and bicycling (e.g. crossing guards, student patrols, police support)

Barriers

• safety
• distance
• road crossings
• school policies

Parent's Involvement

• Knowledge
• Attitudes
• Practices
• Parent Survey Form (PDF) - Good baseline survey form to measure parent's readiness to encourage walking and biking to school. (Source: www.saferoutesinfo.org)

School Policies

• Travel policies
  • walking- maximum required distance
  • bicycling - permission, parking
  • bus - minimum distance
  • auto - pickup and drop off location
• Arrival and dismissal policies
• Provisions for after school activities

Get outside! Engage the community in conducting a walking audit. Take pictures, mark trouble spots on maps and be sure to includes these specific issues among your objectives.

Further Details:

• Written description of the school neighborhood such as urban, suburban or rural
• Special Circumstances