The chapters in your school travel plan will be:

• Find the right people
• Inventory what you have
• Set goals, objectives and strategies
• Put it on the map
• Measure progress

Just follow the links on the left to complete each section. Be sure to visit our page on additional resources. In addition to state, regional and local organizations, we will also post completed plans to this website. These examples may help you to organize your local efforts.

You don't need a lot of tools or money to make a school travel plan, but here are some suggestions:

• Desktop tools
  • maps - make them yourself or get them from local or regional planners
  • school enrollment data
  • internet access and a projector

• Field Evaluation Tools

• notebooks or clipboards
• digital cameras
• global positioning units (gps)

Have fun, take lots of pictures, sponsor events like walk and bike to school day and never miss an opportunity to engage local leaders in promoting walking and bikiing.

There are many ways to promote your plan online: Include schedules, documents and maps on your school website Create a free website using services like Google Sites Use Google online documents that team members can edit interactively Post photographs to free hosting websites like Flickr, Photobucket and Google Picassa Use Wikis, Blogs, MySpace, FaceBook and other Social Media Create a group listserve using free services like Google and Yahoo for the steering committee and planning team to share ideas