LEARN! Manual Example #19 This example contains an overview of different forms of cooperation with different actors across Europe. It includes examples of cooperation with parents, teachers, the police, different governmental levels, and other organisations. Related Step 7.2 Cooperation with Other Actors Age Group n/a Implement. Make a communications strategy Read more…
LEARN! Manual Example #5 This example shows the different types of objectives for the pedestrian and cyclist tests organised by the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge (VSV) in Flanders. These initiatives are aimed at pupils aged 10 years for the pedestrian test and 12 for the cycling test. Related Step Read more…
The Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge (VSV) guides and inspires schools in Flanders and Brussels (Belgium) to make their surroundings and cycle routes to them, safer. The aim is to have more children go to school by bike – and fewer by car. VSV uses the measures included in their Read more…
Recognising that many children are dropped off and picked up at schools by car, the Brussels Region motivates schools and kindergartens to adopt a school mobility plan to encourage children and their parents as well as teachers and school personnel to use the active modes instead, with a focus on Read more…
Telraam (Dutch for abacus, as well as a play on words on ‘count’ (tel) and ‘window’ (raam)) is a device that can be mounted to windows and that automatically counts how many pedestrians, cyclists, cars and heavy vehicles are moving through the street. The data collected is then made publicly Read more…
The Charter on Construction Traffic is a project of the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge. Municipalities in Flanders (Belgium) can cooperate with the construction sector to maximise the safety, liveability and accessibility of their schools’ environments during private and public construction works of buildings and roads in their neighbourhoods, by Read more…
In several European cities, children have the opportunity to go to and from school by “bike bus”, which is a group of children (accompanied by parents and other adults, depending on their age) cycling together. Similar to the motor vehicle equivalent, it follows a set route and has stops and Read more…
School streets are car-free areas outside schools. Roads are closed to vehicles or they have severely restricted access, normally just for a short period at the start and end of the school day. Some school streets are permanently car-free. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and motivated by the need Read more…
In Flanders, the compulsory regular school inspections carried out by the Department of Education include the inspection of the learning areas related to the final attainment levels (official learning goals). Since traffic safety and mobility education is part of the final attainment levels, schools can be inspected on this topic. Read more…
All across Europe, pupils are tested for their skills in safely riding a bicycle. These tests usually combine theory and practice: they do not only focus on ensuring that the pupils have sufficient knowledge, but also sufficient skills and the right behaviour to safely ride their bikes. Each spring in Read more…