Green Communities Canada has delivered School Travel Planning (STP) services in Toronto, Ontario, since 2016 on behalf of the Toronto District School Board and the Toronto Catholic District School Board. Each year, we provide direct support to 20 to 30 schools across the city, helping them to develop and carry out action plans that encourage active school travel. These programs follow a data-driven process that combines community workshops, field studies, and municipal data and expertise, to identify and address transportation and traffic safety problems in school zones.

Key Outcomes

Between 2017 and 2020, our School Travel Planning programs in Toronto achieved measurable improvements in student safety and sustainable mobility:

• 125+ School Zone Safety Improvements, including parking lot redesigns, improved crossings, changes to bylaws and street signage, new bike racks, and the addition of school crossing guards;
• 265+ assessment activities, such as family travel surveys, neighbourhood walkabouts, school site audits, and traffic observations;
• 120+ school community events, including Walk to School Days, Bike Rodeos, and Students Stop Speeders campaigns;
• 54 schools participated in STP programs;
• 27,000+ students reached and positively impacted through STP programming.