Active School Travel
Reminder - Students please do not ride your bike or scooter in the school grounds before or after school.
The Active School Travel (AST) program offers Brisbane primary schools a suite of free resources, tools and incentives. The program encourages students, parents, carers and teachers to leave the car at home and actively travel to school. Since 2004, 162 schools and more than 113,000 students have participated in the Active School Travel (AST) program.
In 2019 our AST schools achieved the following results:
- 24,300 students from 45 schools engaged with the program
- almost 1 in 2 families left the car at home
- on average, 47% of students actively travelled, with some schools reporting up to 75% of their students actively travelling to school
- walking trips increased from 17% t0 31%, which equates to almost 5000 more walking trips per week from students in the first year of the program.
Active School Travel - Scootering
Riding a scooter makes the school run fun! For parents, it’s easy to walk or ride alongside a child on a scooter. Plus, it’s easy to carry the scooter home if it can’t be stored at school. Scooting is one way to actively travel to school and incorporate physical activity in the everyday life of children.
Scooter skills sessions
We want more students to ride to school and we want them to have the skills, confidence and experience to ride safely. Reminder - Students please do not ride your bike or scooter in the school grounds before or after school.
Meet Scoot
The Active School Travel character, Scoot rides his scooter to and from school with his friends every day! He wears his helmet and is always watching for cars coming in and out of driveways.
Scoot's Top Tips for travel
- Always wear a helmet and make sure it's done up.
- Check your brakes before you leave on your ride.
- Keep your speed down and watch for pedestrians.
- Be extra careful when crossing driveways.
- Ride in a group with your friends – it's fun!
- Reminder - Students please do not ride your bike or scooter in the school grounds before or after school.