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…
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…
The Heart Zone Project “Hjertesone” (Norwegian for Heart Zone, in the meaning of a safe and healthy zone) is a national initiative and a collaboration between the Norwegian Council for Road Safety (the project manager), the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, the Directorate of Health, the police, the Cyclists’ Association, the Read more…
“¡Ahora vamos andando al cole!” (Spanish for “Now we walk to school!”)is a project by Fundación MAPFRE in collaboration with STOP accidents that not only aims to teach children (aged 8-12 years old) to become responsible pedestrians but to also give them a voice as road users through letters and Read more…
The MOVING STARS (MOVING Safely to All Roads) project aims to develop a professional program for primary school teachers to deliver traffic safety and mobility education lessons involving movement and game-based learning techniques. The project combines digital applications with “traditional” movement games containing sensorimotor, linguistic, cognitive, social, and emotional elements to Read more…
LEARN! Manual Example #10.3 This example shows how expansive themes are used in Spain to incorporate traffic safety and mobility education in other subjects, themes or programmes. Related Step 4 Design Age Group 6 to 14 year olds Expansive Themes. Schools could be reluctant to deliver a specific programme on Read more…
In March 2022, a set of three royal decrees (primary, until 12 years of age; compulsory secondary, until 16 years of age; and secondary higher education) with nation-wide effect on the modernisation of the entire curricula at schools came into effect. It is regarded as a large step forward in Read more…
The EU-funded Partnerships for Science Education (PAFSE) project looked at science education as a method to provide the knowledge, tools and skills necessary to make informed decisions on public health challenges. The project aims to involve pupils aged 12 to 15 years old in identifying public health challenges in their Read more…