Case Study: The Way to School - Barcelona, Spain

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Synopsis

The initiative is a proposal of Education for Mobility that seeks to enhance safe pleasant access to and from school, making the street an inviting educational setting for the boys and girls who walk along it and, by extension, for all the other persons who walk along it as well. It began as an internal process of the school on the basis of the following main points:

• the integration of the school's educational programme in this project, with teachers, parents, and children working together, and with the participation of the rest of the community,
• the work on the project should be carried out continuously and dynamically so that the process may be revised, correcting weak points and advancing with new actions of improvement and participation.

From the first moment on, the project received the support of the set of bodies that form the Sagrada Familia Civic Forum, which has taken it up as one of its priority actions. In this respect, the following steps have been taken in unfolding the process:

• mapping of pupils' homes and survey among parents to learn about the mobility patterns of school attendance,
• proposal of educational work to be carried out jointly between teachers, parents and pupils,
• contact with involved agents in order to reach consensus on the measures to be taken on the street,
• educational and recreational activities on the street,
• information and communication to disseminate knowledge and information about the project.

Target groups: children
Fields: walking / pedestrians - cycling - mobility advice & campaigns

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Cycling : Education : Mobility Management : SMILE Project : Schools & Colleges : User behaviour : Walking

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