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This presentation from Green Communities Canada fovuses on active school travel in Canada:- active and safe routes to school- international context-The Canadian STP model- Canadian success
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Active School Travel in Canada
Jacky KennedyDirector, Canada [email protected] www.saferoutestoschool.ca
Active & Safe Routes
to School
International context
Why STP?
Canadian STP model
Canadian success
School Travel Initiatives in Canada14 years of growth
Recreation & Parks
Of the Yukon
HASTE BC
SHAPE Alberta
Saskatchewan
in motion
Green Action
Centre
Green Communities
Canada
Velo Quebec
City of St. John’s
Lung Association
Of New Brunswick
Ecology Action
Centre
Recreation PEI
CACO/YNTBD
History is rooted in safety. Going back nearly 35 years to 1976…
• Danish city of Odense launch a Safe Routes to School project in response to children killed due to traffic collisions
• Community members, teachers, politicians and civilians worked to change dangerous streets to safe streets
• 3 years later: annual collision rate was reduced by 85%
School Travel Planning History
Sustrans U.K. SRTS led by exampleEuropean programs blossomedAustralia, New Zealand, Canada, United States
International Best Practice
Revised 2010
Focus on:
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Australia
United States
Not Europe - too dissimilar to Canada
http://www.saferoutestoschool.ca/schooltravel.asp
Why School Travel Planning?
TOTAL TRAFFIC
&
PEAK PERIOD TRAFFIC
• MORE LIVEABLE, HEALTHY, GREEN COMMUNITIES• PERSONAL AND COMMUNITY SAFETY (EYES ON THE STREET)• INJURY AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION• INCREASED TRANSPORTATION CHOICE & $$$ SAVINGS
1971:• Policy Studies Institute: ‘One False Move…’ by Mayer Hillman, John Adams
and John Whitelegg• 10 UK schools, ages 7 to 15, conducted• 80% travelled actively, unaccompanied by adults1990:• Same 10 UK schools surveyed; compared to results from 10 German
schools• Results indicated a drop in active school travel to less than 10%; German
children more active than UK children2010:• Same surveys are being conducted in 2010 in UK, Germany, Australia,
Denmark, France, Israel, Italy and Norway. • Results to be published in 2011.
School Travel Planning History
Promoting Active Travel to School: Progress and PotentialNHS South West, UK Department of Health, ModeShiftwww.sthc.co.uk
This October 2010 paper attempted to answer:➔ How far can young people reasonably be expected to walk orcycle to school?➔ Is any progress being made to get more young people active bypromoting walking or cycling to school?➔ What is the potential for encouraging more young people towalk or cycle to school?➔ What can be done to get better value for money?
School Travel Planning – UK Results
2007/08 data available from 9 local authorities across the South West:
•The data indicated a 3 per cent increase in the number of young people walking to school in the last two years; an average of an additional 600 young people per local authority, using active travel on most school days.•This ranges from an extra 7.9% in North Somerset (1060 young people) to virtually no change in Torbay.•Average of an additional 230,000 walking trips per local authority per year examined.
School Travel Planning –UK Results
What Can Be Done to Get Better Value?
• Using smarter information about travel patterns to and from schools, e.g. the School Travel Health Check (www.sthc.co.uk).• Identifying and supporting schools with the most potential for change.• Recognizing and highlighting economic values associated with a shift from car to active travel. Current estimates annual £600 return.• Providing information for prospective parents about the benefits and potential of active travel before decisions on school choice are made –reduce “child miles” travelled for the school journey.• Ensuring schools continue to feel supported to change the travel behaviour of their young people.• Working collaboratively to promote active travel to school enables a more efficient approach to tackling transport and health issues.
Travel Planning –UK Results
•Assesses the evidence base from both peer reviewed and grey literature both in the UK and beyond
•The volume of literature on CBA/BCR of interventions to promote routine walking and cycling has grown in recent years and reveals that the economic justification for investments to facilitate cycling and walking has been undervalued or not even considered in public policy decision-making
•Yet, almost all of the studies report economic benefits which are highly significant, with benefit to cost ratios averaging 11.5:1
Travel Planning –UK Results
Value for Money: An Economic Assessment of Investment in Walking and Cycling
Adrian Davis, 2010http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=91553
DfT’s economic appraisal method applied to three Links to Schools schemes in 2005
1) Bootle: a series of improvements to an existing route close to a number of schools
BCR 29.3:1
2) Hartlepool: Construction of a toucan crossing close to a primary and a secondary school, and general infrastructure improvements
BCR 32.5:1
3) Newhaven: A new shared-use path forming a link between, two secondary schools
BCR 14.9:1
Travel Planning –UK Results
Cost Benefit Analysis of links to schools
•Conservative calculations: even greater economic benefits are possible than those reported
•Such high benefit to cost ratios are rare in transport planning
•“Investment in infrastructure and to facilitate increased activity levels amongst local communities through cycling and walking is likely to be a ‘best buy’ for our health, the NHS at large in terms of cost savings, as well as for the road transport sector.”
Travel Planning –UK Results
Value for Money: An Economic Assessment of Investment in Walking and Cycling
Adrian Davis, 2010
School Travel Planning: National Dissemination
Jan 2010 to Mar 2012•Partners: Coalitions Linking Action and Science for
Prevention (CLASP), Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, The Public Health Agency of Canada
•Project includes national expansion of School Travel Planning (STP), and an added focus on sustainable happiness, health and STP
Production of this information has been made possible through a financial contribution from Health
Canada, through the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer; and from the Public Health Agency of
Canada. The views expressed herein represent the views of the Children’s Mobility, Health and
Happiness: A Canadian School Travel Planning Model project and do not necessarily represent the views
of the project funders.
Child and Youth Friendly Planning
In transport and land-use planning, the needs of children and youth should receive as much priority as the needs of people of other
ages and the requirements of business.
Progress in Canada towards achieving this goal.
www.kidsonthemove.ca
Results: A Canadian Study of Active School Travel Rates and Barriers
Beesley, T., Faulkner, G., Arbour, K., Builing, R. ,Stone, M.
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, Faculty of Geography
University of Toronto
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, Faculty of Geography
University of Toronto
Creation and analysis of survey instruments:Family SurveyClassroom Survey
Sustainable Happiness and STP
School Travel Planning adheres to the principle of Sustainable Happiness: happiness that contributes to individual, community and/or global well-being and does not exploit other people, the
environment or future generations.
www.sustainablehappiness.ca
Metrolinx GTHA School Travel Household Attitudinal Study
Survey conducted in Fall 2009 by Harris/Decima Inc. on behalf of Metrolinx
Objective: First overview of elementary school travel in Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)
1,001 English telephone interviews completed with parents and guardians of children attending elementary school (i.e. Kindergarten to Grade 8)
Collected information on:• Child’s usual mode of travel to and from school
• Parental perceptions about school travel (e.g. safety, convenience)
• Awareness of school travel programs and infrastructure
• Interest in active and sustainable school travel modes
Final study report to be available at www.metrolinx.com/schooltravel/study
Metrolinx GTHA School Travel Household Attitudinal Study
Elementary school students are primarily travelling to and from school by foot, automobile, and school bus
Nearly one tenth of students are travelling differently on their trip to school versus home from school, with the most common combination being driven to school and walking home
Final study report to be available at www.metrolinx.com/schooltravel/study
2% 3%1% 1%1% 1%
37%
21%
34%
2%4%
40%
21%
29%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Driven Carpool School Bus Public Transit Walking Cycling Other
To school Home from school
Metrolinx GTHA School Travel Household Attitudinal Study
Final study report to be available at www.metrolinx.com/schooltravel/study
29%
21%
18%
43%
36%
40%
36%
2%
3%
2%
1%
21%
21%
19%
20%
41%
41%
3%
1%
2%
8%
10%
37%
40%
76%
78%
28%
32%
7%
9%
1%
1%
1%
3%
3%
34%
3%
2%
1%
1%
4%
1%To school
Home from school
To school
Home from school
To school
Home from school
To school
Home from school
Driven Carpool School bus Public transit Walk Bicycle
Overall
Live within 1 km of child’s school
Live between 1 and 2 km of child’s school
Live more than 2 km from child’s school
Findings: Metrolinx GTHA School Travel Household Attitudinal Study
Nearly 60% of overall parents say their child's school is close enough that they could reasonably walk or bike
Over 50% of parents whose child is currently driven see the option of their child walking or biking to school as convenient and appealing
Over 40% of parents whose child is driven would be interested in considering a different mode of school travel
Final study report to be available at www.metrolinx.com/schooltravel/study
What is School Travel Planning?
A School Travel Plan is both a document & a process:addresses issues of sustainability, safety & health associated with ‘the school run’ using a community-based approach
Considers school travel as part of overall municipal & school board transportation policies/ plans
Sets specific implementation targets & measures progress
Involves all relevant stakeholders (school board, schools, government, NGOs, parent groups, families, students)
Supports local, regional & national priorities (e.g. health, climate change)
The STP Process
SET-UP(Jun)
DATA COLLECTION*Baseline (Sept/Oct)
*Final (May)
ACTION PLANNING(Oct – Dec)
IMPLEMENTATION(Oct – Jun)
THE STP DOCUMENT
Year 1
Year 2
STP Municipal Stakeholders
Municipal STP
Steering Committee
Relevant School
Districts
Transport-ation
Engineers
Land Use Planning
Police / Bylaw
Services
Municipal Councillor
sMayor
Local Non Profit
Organiz-ations
Public Health
School Travel
Planning Facilitator
STP Measures – 5 “E”sEnforcement • “Eyes on the Street”
• Police, bylaw officers, community watch
Engineering • Involvement in school site planning & design
• Multi-modal school & neighbourhood assessments
and retrofits
• Municipal transportation engineers & planners
Education • Workshops on travel choice, safety, skills
• Curriculum-based opportunities
• Public Health, police, STP facilitators
Encouragement • Programs - Walking School Bus, Bicycle Trains,
Walk a Block, Walking Buddies
• Events - iWALK, Walk/Wheel on Wednesdays
• Public Health, teachers, STP facilitators
Evaluation • Surveys (family, students), walkabout, traffic counts
• Steering committee/school reviews
Data Collection
Classroom Survey Family Survey Neighbourhood Walkabout Traffic Observations
Data Collection Tools
Classroom Survey: To/From School
Results of Classroom Survey
Family Survey
• Includes Sustainable Happiness questions
Q12. The way my child usually travels to school contributes to his/her:
physical well-being, e.g. healthy heart, bones and muscles
emotions and overall well-being, e.g. happiness, relationship with friends
well-being of our community, e.g. students get to know neighbourhood
environmental well-being, e.g. less pollution
School Travel Planning Project:
FAMILY SURVEY – Baseline
<Insert school name>
Neighbourhood Walkabout
All stakeholders participateElected officialsObserve key issues as a groupTake photosDiscuss short- and long-term actionsAssign responsibility for actionsInput to plan
Traffic Observation/CountConducted over 3-5 days
Count vehicles arriving/leaving, persons onfoot, on bicycles, other
STP Success StoriesShatford Memorial, Nova Scotia:
• Town population: 400
• School population: 78 students
• Barriers: traffic speed, outdated crosswalk, traffic violations, poor access to safe routes
• Successes: road improvements, crosswalk review planned, connector trail…
New Westminster, British Columbia
Municipal Committee project lead
Proactive approach including mapping of best walking routes to each school
St. John’s, Newfoundland
April 2020: Provincial advisory committee formed
June 2010: STP Facilitator hired
September 2010: Pilot test at 7 St. John’s schools begins
Pilot project will include bicycle
13 out of 18 elementary schools participated in 2010 IWALK –highest ever
September hurricane slowed down process!
St. Andrew’s School, St. John’s
Walking Aids
Curb cuts/stop lines
Yellow route markers
Adult crossing guards
Walking route signs
Reflective vests for walk leaders
A walkable/bikeable school community can be a strong indicator for health and
happiness of the students.
In Closing
http://www.saferoutestoschool.ca/schooltravel.aspPswd: stptools2009