

Program benefits
School Active Travel has many benefits for students, the community, and the environment, including:
- Increasing physical activity among students, leading to healthier, happier, and more alert learners
- Creating opportunities to engage with neighbours and socialize on the way to school
- Reducing car travel to school, in turn decreasing traffic congestion, greenhouse gas emissions, and air pollution
- Inspiring active travel habits early in life to carry into adulthood
The School Active Travel Program encourages and promotes walking, biking, and rolling to school.
Our focus is to:
- Encourage more children and their families to walk, bike, and roll to school
- Improve walking and cycling infrastructure around schools
- Increase education and awareness around active transportation
The program is a partnership between the City of Vancouver and Vancouver School Board, and is a direct outcome of our Transportation 2040 Plan. The program also supports our Climate Emergency Action Plan targets.
Initiatives
Action plans and route maps
Find action plans and best walking and cycling route maps for schools that have participated in the School Active Travel Planning program.
Additional resources
You can take action to promote active travel at your school with these school-led educational and encouragement initiatives:
- Take part in walking and biking events in the spring or fall
- Host weekly active travel initiatives (Walk and Wheel Wednesdays, Freedom Fridays)
- Start a Walking School Bus
- Promote Drive to 5: Encourage families that drive to park five minutes away from school and walk the rest of the way
- Invite the VPD Community Road and Education Safety Team (CREST) to give pedestrian safety talks
- Start an adult crossing guard program at independent schools or participate in School Safety Patrol for VSB schools
- Share safety tips and messages with families
Download active travel and safety posters: