Toolkit for School Travel - National Transport Authority

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Human Chart of pupils who took the bus, walked and were driven to school, Whitechurch NS, Co. Waterford
In common with any Environmental management
system, organisational mechanisms are critical. For
those schools not in the Green Schools programme,
a similar type of approach could be adopted. As with
the Green-Schools steps, the first thing you will need
to do is to get a group together – this group can
include pupils, parents, teachers, your caretaker, or
other interested people. Next, do a survey of existing
travel patterns which explores issues such as how
pupils travel to school; what reasons they have for
choosing each mode; how they would like to travel;
how far they travel; what changes they would like to
see in their journey to school etc.
This will then give you some direction as to
what ideas contained in this toolkit could be applied
to your school. Then you can start implementing
them. Remember to monitor how your Action Plan is
progressing, and to publicise and celebrate your work
so your community can see what you’re doing and
can support you in your activities.
“Green-Schools research
has shown that 80%
of Irish pupils express
a desire to travel in
a sustainable way to
school, so you’ll find
that it’s relatively easy
and fun to organise”
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