Local authority resources
This page is designed as a one-stop shop for useful information and resources for school travel professionals or those working in local authorities with a school travel remit in Scotland.
See below for useful downloadable resources, reports and websites.
For the latest from the Sustrans Scotland school travel team see our latest news or read our monthly e-bulletin.
To suggest others you've found helpful, email Scotland's school travel team.
Download an up-to-date list of School travel contacts (pdf).
Information:
Scotland infosheets:
- Bicycle recycling projects (pdf)
- Bicycle Loan Schemes (pdf)
- Active travel in secondary schools (pdf)
- Scotland Facts and Figures to Support School Active Travel Initiatives (pdf)
- Scotland Resource List for School Travel Initiatives (pdf)
Resources:
- Case studies
- Scotland newsletter (pdf)
- School Travel Plans
- Cycle Friendly Schools Award
- Bikeability Scotland Cycle training
- Primary to Secondary Transition Project Executive Summary (pdf)
- Primary to Secondary Transition Guide (pdf)
- Volunteer Schools (pdf)
- Choose Another Way - A Teacher's Guide to developing a School Travel Plan (pdf)
- Pedometer guidance (pdf)
- Bicycle monitoring form (Excel)
- Bicycle loan agreement (Word)
- Active travel and improved learning at school
Leaflets:
- Why walk? (pdf)
- Why cycle? (pdf)
- Why play? (pdf)
Reports:
Results from three years of Scottish Government grants to Sustrans Scotland show that there has been a 44% increase in the number of walking and cycling trips in just three years. The usage of short local links schemes has increased by 49% from 1.8 million trips in 2008 to 2.7 million trips in 2010. Find out more and download the; Walking and cycling outcomes for Sustrans in Scotland: assessment against Key Performance Indicators report (pdf)
For more detailed School Travel reports; listed below, on Tackling the School Run contact our Schools Team on schools-scotland@sustrans.org.uk or by telephone on 0131 346 9777.
- Sustrans School Travel grants 2010-11
- Tackling the School Run 2008-09
- Tackling the School Run 2007-08
- Tackling the School Run 2006-07
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