Toolkit for School Travel - National Transport Authority

Toolkit for School Travel
“More people using public transport instead of private
cars is good for business as there is less congestion and
allows for deliveries to be easily made.”
• You’ll have a walk or cycle to get to your public
transport stop, so there’s a chance to shake
away morning cobwebs before going into school
bright and alert.
For everyone:
• More people using public transport instead
of private cars is good for business as there is
less congestion and allows for deliveries to be
easily made.
Top tips to promote
public transport
Below are a list of points that will provide you
with some ideas to promote public transport
in your place of education, employment and
local community:
could be a free travel ticket for a week.
You could have a sustainable travel healthy
breakfast or cups of tea for anyone with a
public transport ticket on a particular day.
Contact public transport operators to see if
they have ‘goodies’ such as pens or rulers to
give away to students travelling by train/ bus.
4. Talks on public transport – you could invite a
local representative from a bus, rail or tram
company to talk about public transport (for
example, how to read time tables, how to
board, how to flag buses, fare structures and
how to pay) and responsible behaviour when
using such transport.
5. Do a display on the history of public transport
in your local library.
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1. Raise awareness – like other modes you can
do this by having a poster competition to
encourage people to use public transport.
Highlight the benefits of using the bus,
train, or tram. You could also source public
transport timetables and display them where
they are visible to all.
2. If visitors are coming to your school, send
them information on travelling to the school
by public transport e.g. where the stops are,
what buses or trains serve your area, walking
time from the station to your school.
3. Create an incentive – you can use an
incentive to encourage people to use public
transport, for example, offer a prize for best
poster promoting public transport. The prize
Green Trees
If your school would like a visual way
to display how children travel to school,
you can create a ‘Green Tree’. Every
morning children can pin a green leaf
to the tree if they travelled on foot, by
bike, on public transport, by car-sharing
or Park ‘n’ Stride. Those coming by car
can pin a brown leaf to the tree. Over
the course of your promotions, the tree
should slowly start to turn from brown
to green!
An Taisce
The National Trust for Ireland
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