Key Priority Area
Supporting students to walk, ride or scoot to school promotes daily physical activity and builds lifelong healthy habits.
Active Travel is one of the simplest ways to increase students' daily physical activity, often by building on the routes, partnerships and facilities your school already has.
Active Travel involves walking, riding, scooting or using other active forms of transport to travel to and from school. It is supported by school planning, community partnerships and safe travel initiatives that encourage active travel as part of everyday life.
Walking or riding with family and peers creates opportunities for conversation, friendship and connection.
Active travel reduces traffic congestion around schools and helps create safer, more connected local communities.
Promote walking, riding and scooting across your local school community.
Map safe walking and cycling routes to your school.
Make active travel easy with safe storage and school initiatives.
Support active travel options that recognise different abilities, locations, family circumstances and travel distances.
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Promote Active Travel in ways that are safe, practical and environmentally responsible.
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Real stories from Victorian schools
Primary School
See how a purpose-built bike track, bicycle education and community partnerships are helping students develop the skills and confidence to choose active travel.
Secondary School
Explore how students refurbished donated bicycles, building practical skills while creating opportunities for active travel within their local community.
Specialist School
Discover how an all-weather bike track, bike education and local partnerships are helping students develop cycling skills, confidence and independence.
Find the right tools and support to help more students travel actively to and from school.
Practical programs and ideas to help more students walk, ride and scoot to and from school.
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Build the confidence, skills and knowledge students need to walk, ride and travel safely and independently.
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Identify safer routes, crossings and infrastructure that make active travel easier and more accessible.
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Work with councils, community organisations and funding partners to strengthen and sustain active travel initiatives.
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Find the right tools and support to strengthen active travel at your school.
Audit your current travel patterns
Plan your active travel approach
Build student skills and confidence
Engage families and community partners
Measure and track progress
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