School Travel Plans and Safer Routes to School Lynda Clarke School Travel Plan Team Leader Andrew Freeman Programmes and Strategy Manager, Safer Routes to School

School Travel Plans and Safer Routes to School Schemes focus on young and novice cyclists

Cycling to School… Healthier, Safer, Greener Journeys to School Hertfordshire’s Sustainable Modes of Travel Strategy (SMOTs) School Travel Plans Safer Routes to School

Do School Travel Plans and Safer Routes to School schemes conform to the Cycling Strategy?

HCS 1 Policies and Programmes…. Healthier, Safer, Greener Journeys to School (SMOTs Strategy) Local Transport Plan Children and Young Peoples Plan Planning policy Schools’ Development Plans, Healthy Schools and Sustainable Schools framework

Healthier, Safer, Greener Journeys to School Sustainable Modes of Travel Strategy (SMOTs) To improve walking routes To improve cycling routes To improve passenger transport services To promote the use of the sustainable transport infrastructure To inform families of the travel options available To engage schools and colleges in travel plans To encourage partnership working and links to other plans, programmes and initiatives To continue SMoTs development

School Travel Plans - key elements: Description of school and existing travel patterns Issues Objectives and targets Action plan Monitoring and review

Safer Routes to School Infrastructure improvements to address barriers to walking and cycling to school

HCS2 HCC support to cycling…. Taking advantage of grant funding opportunities –Govt grants for School Travel Advisers and SMoTs –STP Capital grants –Bike it –Cycle Training –Links to National cycle network Sharing and learning from best practice elsewhere –‘Bike it’ projects –Cyclicious and Cyclone Communication and training –Face to face support to schools and volunteers –School Travel Website –Promoting cycling and the use of sustainable transport infrastructure –School Travel Advisers and Bikeability

HCS3 Development of cycle network… SMoTs audit of infrastructure and needs Safer Routes to School schemes Sustrans Links to Schools

HCS4 Checking that changes to roads will encourage sustainable transport… Audit of existing provision Analysis of traffic data analysis and accident data Existing problems & potential solutions examined.

HCS5 Encouraging cycling on the carriageway… Identification of barriers to cycling to school identified through school travel plans and SRTS forum groups Improvement of highway infrastructure through SRTS schemes Travel plan initiatives…

Millbrook School Cheshunt– new cycle storage

HCS10 Promotion and Partnerships … Cycle Target Group Safer Routes to School forums Parent information County Cycle Forum School marketing and promotional activities

HCS11 Cycling within STPs/SRTS and partnerships…

0-7 Pilot Partnership to encourage use of outside environment

Bike it projects

Links with local groups

School Sports Partnerships

Areas that could be improved More direct support to schools keen to promote cycling ie storage facilities and initiatives Promotion of cycling where schools benefit from good local cycle facilities & particularly at the stage where parents are choosing schools Specific focus on cycling in SRTS forums