Sustainable Mode of Travel Strategy
The Sustainable Mode of Travel Strategy (SMoTS) has been
developed in responce to a statutory requirement from the
Government (The Education and Inspections Act 2006 - section
76).
The strategy outlines Peterborough's existing sustainable school
travel options and sets out how these options are going to be
developed in the future to assist parent's/carers when choosing
schools they would like their child(ren) to attend and to make
walking/cycling and pupil transport a realistic and attractive
option for journeys to and from schools.
For more information please refer to the Educational and
Inspections Act 2006
Why produce a SMoT?
In recent years there has been a growing awareness of the links
between education provisions and transport. Coupled with this,
there is greater environmental awareness and a desire to achieve
sustainability in transport and education policies and provisions.
This is all set against a background of increasingly complex
educational travel demands.
What information is contained within the
strategy?
The strategy covers the period from November 2007 to MArch 2011,
in line within Peterborough Second Local Transport Plan (LTP2)
The strategy looks at sustainable travel options to and from
school for childrenm young people of compulsory school age and
sixth form students (if they started a course of further education
before their 19th birthday and are still participating in that
course).
Summary for parents
There is a summary of the strategy document published for
parent's information available on our Downloads
page.
The strategy aims to:
- Assess the travel and transport needs of children and young
people within the city council's area
- Improve the information that parents and pupils have about the
different ways they can travel to school
- Audit the sustainable travel and transport infrastructure of
routes to and from schools in Peterborough City Council's area
- Cater for the travel and transport needs of children and young
people in the area
- Promote sustainable travel and transport modes on the journey
to, from and between schools and reduce the number of people
travelling to school and college by car
To find out more about the key actions and how they are going to
be delivered, please refer to the Sustainable Mode of Travel
Strategy avaialble on our Downloads page.