School travel plans
Our school travel plan gives our school community a set of practical actions to improve road safety, reduce car trips to school and encourage students to use more sustainable modes of transport, such as walking, cycling, buses and trains.
We work in partnership with Greater Wellington Regional Council to help schools implement travel plans.
What a travel plan includes
A school travel plan includes actions such as:
- Travel surveys student and parent
- 12 monthly resurveys
- Travel plan development in combination with school staff, parents and students
- Engaging student council
- Student inquiry based learning modules
- Developing school policy to support active travel
- Walking school buses
- Road safety and cycling education
- Traffic calming measures
- Improvements to parking management around the school
- Installing or upgrading pedestrian facilities including pedestrian and kea crossings
- Expanding school facilities – bike and scooter racks
- Promotions that encourage walking trips
- Car pooling.
Benefits of a school travel plan
Benefits include:
- Improved road safety in the school neighbourhood, e.g. safer crossings
- Encouraging children to be more physically active by walking or cycling to school
- Fewer cars at the school gate
- Reducing unsafe and illegal parking behaviour outside the school
- Reducing air pollution and saving energy
- Active transport ensures that students are alert and ready to learn
- Engaging the community and enhancing social connectedness.
Schools with travel plans
The following schools have travel plans:
- Kapakapanui School
- Kāpiti School
- Kenakena School
- Ōtaki School
- Paekākāriki School
- Paraparaumu School
- Paraparaumu Beach School
- Raumati Beach School
- Raumati South School
- St Peter Chanel School
- Te Horo School
- Te Ra Waldorf School
- Waikanae School
- Waitohu School.