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About Travel Plans
What is a School Travel Plan?A School Travel Plan is: - A programme and partnership which aims to :
- reduce car travel
- improve safety and the environment for walkers and cyclists
- help improve facilities for walkers and cyclists
- help improve bus and train services - An outline of the school's needs and problems regarding travel to and from school
- A document written by the school
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 | Why do we need a School Travel Plan?A School Travel Plan can: - Help reduce car travel, danger, congestion and pollution outside your school
- Help to encourage pupils and staff to walk and cycle in safety and in a more pleasant environment. A school 'safety zone' can transform children's journeys with crossing points, traffic calming and lower speed limits on nearby roads
- Help to make a bid for funds for facilities like cycle storage and lockers for your school
- Help to provide road improvements outside your school
- Help to raise levels of physical and mental health and social well-being in your school
- Help to focus on travel issues through the curriculum, for example, through Geography, IT, Citizenship and PSHE
- Help your school get planning permission for new buildings or site changes
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