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Safe Routes to Schools
supports projects throughout the UK which enable and encourage
children to cycle and walk to school by improving street design,
calming traffic, creating traffic-free spaces and linking with the
National Cycle Network.
- The government has supported Safe Routes
to Schools schemes in the Transport White Paper, 1998:"We will work
with local councils to make walking safer and to provide more cycle
routes to schools".
- Most local authorities have included
plans for Safe Routes to Schools initiatives in their Local
Transport Plans, submitted to government in 1999. Grants of up to
£250,000 have been awarded from central government for Safe
Routes to Schools projects .
- Safe Routes to Schools is recognised as
a health promoting initiative in the Health White Paper 'Our
Healthier Nation'.
FIND OUT MORE
See the Main Stories on traffic and home zones.
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