Active and Safe Routes to School

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Active and Safe Routes to School is a program encouraging the use of active modes of transportation, such as walking and cycling, to get to and from school.

Active transportation has many benefits, including:

  • Ensuring regular physical activity for children and parents
  • Safer, calmer streets around schools and neighbourhoods
  • Cleaner air and a cleaner environment
  • Education for sustainable development and environmental awareness

View more on the benefits for your community.

The Active and Safe Routes to School Program is flexible and can be tailored to meet the specific needs of your school and community. Program components include neighbourhood walkabouts, transportation surveys, walking clubs, walking/cycling school buses for children with adult supervision, no-idling zones, and active transportation events including Clean Air Day, the Commuter Challenge, and International Walk to School Day.

We can also help you develop a comprehensive School Travel Plan for your school. Contact us for more information.

The Active and Safe Routes to School Program in Manitoba is run by Green Action Centre and is part of the Canadian Active and Safe Routes to School Partnership.

After the School Bell Rings

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This pilot program will apply Active and Safe Routes to School and School Travel Planning programming to a blended framework that will promote and support increased access and opportunities for children and youth, ages 6-12 years, to engage in physical activity and healthy living practices in the critical after school time period.

“Off on the Right Foot” Newsletter

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Check out the e-newsletter for Active and Safe Routes to School in Manitoba. Learn what kids, schools and communities are doing to make active school travel healthy, safe, easy and fun.

School Travel Planning

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School Travel Planning is an international best practice that brings together multiple community stakeholders to identify and resolve barriers to walking and biking to school.

Clean Air Day

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The Clean Air Day Commuter Challenge encourages students to walk or bike to school. Register your school today and receive information, resources, event ideas, and prizes to win.

Active School Travel Champion Awards

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Nominate an individual, school or other group/project for our new Active School Travel Champion Awards! Deadline is June 15th, 2012!

ASRTS Handbook & Resource Guide

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The ASRTS Handbook and Resource Guide is available in hard copy to Manitoba schools and communities at no charge. You can also download the guide by chapter or by resource.

International Walk to School Month

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International Walk to School Month (“IWALK”) gives schools a chance to promote active transportation to students over a day, a week, or the entire month of October.

School Newsletter Resources

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We have created a number of short articles that schools can download and include in their newsletters. You’re welcome to use whichever one(s) you like — just don’t forget to include your source: www.greenactioncentre.ca

News

School Patrols Deserve Honours

Let’s take a moment to appreciate School Patrols and the valuable service they provide our children and our communities!

Green Action Centre wins Planning Excellence Award

Our efforts to help more Manitoba kids walk and cycle safely to school have been honoured with a 2012 Manitoba Planning Excellence Award. We’re thrilled!

Walk with your child — it’s a world of adventure!

This morning while walking together to school, my daughter launched into a…

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Research

Widening Kenaston

On January 25, Winnipeg City Council voted to approve a preliminary plan to widen Kenaston Boulevard from 4 lanes to 6 between Ness and Taylor Avenues. Read the Green Action Centre brief on the project.

Kids on the Move: Child and Youth Friendly Land-Use and Transport Planning Guidelines for Manitoba

These guidelines were developed as tools for municipal transportation and land-use planners to achieve transportation and land-use arrangements that meet the needs of children and youth — and everyone else.

Winnipeg’s Transportation Master Plan

How we get around Winnipeg is a hot topic for most people. Check out what’s happening with development of Winnipeg’s new Transportation Master Plan and hear what Green Action Centre recommends.

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Links

Active and Safe Routes to School Web Store

Visit the ASRTS Web Store for great promotional items for fundraisers, gifts or incentives.