Russley School Travel Plan

Christchurch City Council has sponsored the development of the Russley Primary School Travel Plan.

School travel plans aim to support and encourage children to safely walk, scooter or bus with their parents, caregivers or friends to and from school where possible.

The plans include consideration of local road safety issues which may be affecting choices on how children travel to and from school.

Working Group

Erika Ross	Principal & representing Board of Trustees
Debbie Vuleta	Secretary of the PTA & Parent
Anna Gell	Parent
Constable Maire Froud	Police Education Officer
Joy Kingsbury-Aitken	Road Safety Coordinator (Schools), Christchurch City Council
Robyn Wells	School Travel Plan Facilitator

Acknowledgements

The Russley School community actively participated in the survey process, the mapping exercise and the consultation opportunities.

Michael Thomson, Senior Traffic Engineer (Community), Christchurch City Council, gave us valuable information on safety issues in the local area. 

OBJECTIVES

 The objectives of the Russley School Travel Plan are to:

• Improve the safety of our children's travel to and from school
• Improve the physical health and learning ability of our children
• Encourage and support Russley families to reduce the use of cars and reduce congestion at the school gate
• Reduce energy use and pollution of our environment.

A copy of the Russley Travel Plan can be downloaded here.

Over 50% of primary school children in Christchurch travel to school by car even though 85% of them live within two kilometres of their school.

Walk to School Day - November 2010