Sustainable Modes of Travel Strategy
The Sustainable Modes of Travel Strategy (SMoTS) is Hackney Council and The Learning Trust's strategy to help make walking, cycling and public transport a realistic and attractive option for journeys to and from schools and colleges in the borough.
The strategy outlines the borough's existing sustainable school travel options and sets out how those options are going to be developed in the future to assist parents/carers when choosing schools they would like their child(ren) to attend.
- Sustainable Modes of Travel Strategy (PDF, 304KB)
- SMOTS Appendix 1 - Education Policies (PDF, 45KB)
- SMOTS Appendix 2 - Bus Spider Map Example Hackney Central (PDF, 75KB)
- SMOTS Appendix 3 - London Connections Map (PDF, 198KB)
- SMOTS Appendix 5 - Cycle Routes in Hackney (PDF, 811KB)
- SMOTS Appendix 6 - Walking Routes in Hackney (PDF, 768KB)
- SMOTS Appendix 7 - Quality Assurance Checklists (PDF, 93KB)
The strategy aims to:
- Reduce the number of people travelling to school and college by car and increase the numbers walking and cycling
- Improve the information that parents and pupils have about the different ways they can travel to school
- Improve the safety of routes to and from schools in the borough
- Improve the health and wellbeing of children in the borough
- Improve accessibility to, from and between schools and colleges in the borough
The Council has a duty under the Education and Inspections Act 2006 to produce this strategy and it is a duty that we welcome. The strategy builds on the previous work undertaken in our School Travel Plan programme and provides a clear direction for future work to promote active, healthy and safe access to our schools and colleges.
Page updated: 25 Nov 2011
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