What is a School Travel Plan?
A School Travel Plan (STP) is a policy document written by a school in consultation with its pupils, parents and staff which addresses travel and transport issues in and around the school. The STP looks at how pupils and staff currently travel to school and what could be done to encourage an increase in sustainable modes of travel such as walking and cycling. A good STP will be kept up to date, reviewed annually and re-written every three years to ensure that it continues to reflect the travel and transport issues at the school.
The aim of a STP is to reduce car travel to school and increase safe walking and cycling.
A travel plan can help to:
- Reduce traffic congestion and pollution in and around the school site
- Improve personal and road safety skills
- Improve the health and fitness of pupils and staff
- Establish safer walking and cycling routes to school
- Enhance relations with the local community