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What is Active and Safe Routes to School?

Active and Safe Routes to School is a provincial initiative that strives to create an environment that is conducive to, and supportive of, safe, 'walkable' communities.

“Active & Safe Routes to School promotes the use of active and efficient transportation for the daily trip to school, addressing health and traffic safety issues while taking action on air pollution and climate change."

To learn more about Active and Safe Routes to School and the Walking School Bus, watch the following video:

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As stated on the Green Communities website (the promoter and champion of the program):  

What are the eight initiatives of Active and Safe Routes to School?

  1. Walking School Bus: Parent volunteers walking a route, picking up children along the way and taking them to school.
  2. Walking Wednesdays: One day a week is set aside as the day to walk to school.
  3. iWalk (International Walk to School Week and Day): This is an annual event held during the first week of October where schools and their surrounding community have the opportunity to learn about the many issues surrounding transporting children to and from school and to discuss alternatives.
  4. Walk a Block: A drop off zone for parents and school busses is set-up a block (or more) away from the school to encourage walking. This also helps to decrease traffic congestion at the school grounds.
  5. Neighbourhood Walkabout: A community group including the police, school staff, parents, public health nurse, and appropriate municipal/city employees conduct a tour of the school area looking for safe routes and appropriate infrastructure to support the walk to school.
  6. Walking Buddies: Older students are ‘buddied’ with younger students for the walk to school. 
  7. No Idling at School: Initiatives are adopted to promote parents to turn engines off while they wait for their children
  8. Classroom Mapping: A program that is available to teachers to assist them in having the children map their neighbourhood to discover the enablers and barriers to active and safe transportation.

Schools often pick one or two of these initiatives to concentrate on during the school year.

How do I get involved in this initiative?

The Active and Safe Routes to School (ASRTS) Project has a Steering Committee comprised of a variety of community members and the two Halton School Boards. If you are interested in joining or finding out more about this committee, please call Jennifer Jenkins, ASRTS Project Manager at or by email jenkinsje@hdsb.ca

The Active and Safe Routes to School Project
In January 2010, the Halton Catholic District School Board committed to the participation of five of its schools in the Active and Safe Routes to School initiative with the Halton District School Board (HDSB).  A Project Manager, Jennifer Jenkins, located at the HDSB oversees the project.
 
This multi-sector, multi-component project will bring collaboration between the two Halton School Boards, the four municipalities, a variety of Regional services and community groups.
 
Please refer to the Downloads section of this page to access the Project Plan and other project documents.
The following schools in the Halton Catholic District School Board are taking part in this pilot:

Who are the Community Partners?

The following community partners support the ASRTS project: