ON THE MOVE IN THE COMMUNITY. Active and Safe Routes to School in Québec

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1 ON THE MOVE IN THE COMMUNITY Active and Safe Routes to School in Québec Presented at the Professional Issue Forum on Ac5ve Transporta5on Winnipeg, May 29, 2015

2 ABOUT VÉLO QUÉBEC Zone de texte typo Arial Merci d utiliser typo Arial Titre de sec5on typo Arial LOGO MANDATAIRE

3 ON THE MOVE IN THE COMMUNITY The program

4 OBJECTIVES AND BENEFITS Objectives Making it easier for children and their parents to engage in active transportation as part of their home-school-work Merci d utiliser typo commute. Arial Creating safe environments to promote active transportation for the entire community. Benefits Titre de sec5on typo Arial Less motorized traffic near schools Safer school routes for pedestrians and cyclists and solutions that ease parents fears and concerns Streets designed to enrich the community experience and create neighbourhoods that attract and retain families Children who get exercise every day and, as a result, are more physically fit and more attentive in the classroom

5 FACTS AND FIGURES Launched in 2005 Present in all of 17 regions of Québec Implemented by a network of regional coordinators After 10 years: 850 primary schools involved 630,000 students and parents reached 350 high schools Titre de touched sec5on typo Arial 4% to 18% increase in active transportation in the program s first year The impact is greatest among children aged 9 and older who live between 0.5 km and 1 km away from school and whose parents tend to commute to work by car. Merci d utiliser typo Arial

6 THE APPROACH 1. Identification of needs 2. Mobilization and commitment Municipal Community groups Public health agencies Schools and school board 3. Definition of roles and responsibilities 4. Actions School travel plan Raising awareness Knowledge transfer 5. Unveiling and follow up

7 ACTIONS

8 1) SCHOOL TRAVEL PLAN

9 2) RAISING AWARNESS

10 3) KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER Community of prac5ce Guides Community mobiliza.on workshop Technical training Pool of turnkey ac5vi5es

11 PARTNERS OF THE PROGRAM

12 DIVERSITY OF ACTORS AND STAKEHOLDERS - - Community agents Crossing guards Regional coordinators Police dept. School - School effec5ves - Parents - Children - Provincial - Territorial direc5ons - Bike coordinators Transport ministry OTMTC School board - Administra5on - School trustees - Academic advisers - Ci5zens - Organiza5ons Community Health sector Municipal instance - Councillors - Officials - technical - non- technical - Public Health Agency - Local and regional health units

13 PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS Mandate Prevention of diseases Healthy living habits promotion Community support leadership in regional intersectorial concertations Municipal accompaniment municipal family policies Schools support Healthy Schools Merci approach d utiliser typo Arial Partnering with OTMTC Titre de sec5on typo Arial helps the public health sector fulfill its mandate

14 Program regional coordinators rural and small municipalities Bas-Saint-Laurent Nord-du-Québec Merci d utiliser typo Arial Lack of local organizations able to pilot AT programs Well implemented and involved within their communities Strong regional leadership in healthy living habits Strong involvement from prevention and promotion agents Strong presence Titre de and sec5on notoriety typo in Arial their communities Established network of partners Already involved with municipalities and school in healthy living habits and active transportation programs and policies

15 Regional partners leaders in active transportation Montérégie Capitale-Nationale Active travel is an action plan priority Regional centralization of Merci AT program d utiliser offer typo to Arial remove oversollicitation of schools Development of animation tools and promotion events for iwalk campaign Program evaluation Titre de sec5on typo Arial Provides regional complementary funding Introduces the regional coordinator to the important stakeholders Follows up on recommendations In all cases, the involvement of the public health agencies secures assurance of sustainability of the program.

16 FACILITATORS AND CHALLENGES

17 FACTORS OF SUCCESS Long term funding Fonds Québec en Forme Gvn t action plan on the promotion of healthy living habits and the prevention of weight excess related problems Merci d utiliser typo Arial Lessons learned from other provincial ASRTS program providers Provincial coordination local implementation Development and transfer of expertise Continuous evaluation and adjustment of process Community of practice Titre de sec5on constant typo input Arial Two-way communication Notoriety of Vélo Québec Reaching a critical mass Schools and municipalities emulation

18 NEXT STEPS Consolidation Committed partners Transfer towards services for a fee Pursuit of awareness raising interventions Active school transportation charter Merci d utiliser typo Arial Knowledge transfer OTMTC Conference September 2015 Website Maintenance of an Titre active de sec5on CoP typo Arial Migration towards new programs Certificat cycliste averti (cycling proficiency program) Mouvement vélosympathique (Bicyclefriendly communities and institutions)

19 ADDRESSING SPECIAL NEEDS

20 HOW Addressing active transportation issues with specialized schools who think this is not for them. Proposing activities to experiment AT on outings when specialized school catchment is inadequate for active travel of students. Accompanying students with special Merci needs d utiliser integrated typo Arial in regular schools and programs. Assisting teachers to help them involve and teach the skills to all students in active transportation safety and ability programs. Identifying special environmental needs and lobbying for more inclusive environments (infrastructure, intersection crossing, signage, ). Titre de sec5on typo Arial Educating and accompanying families and staff to increase participation of youths with special needs in AT. Taking part in public consultations on issues related to AT. If an environment is friendly to students with special needs, it will also benefit the youngest, families, elders,

21 WHEN At every step: 1. Find out who is offering ASRTS programs in your area 2. Identify specific transportation issues in your community 3. Identify schools with special needs Merci d utiliser typo Arial 4. Accompany the ASRTS program coordinator to help him provide the necessary adjustments as needed in all phases of the process 5. Lobby to school boards and municipalities so that they address universal accessibility issues to eliminate barriers to independent active mobility Titre de sec5on typo Arial

22 THANK YOU Annick St-Denis Active Transportation Director Vélo Québec Association ext. 347