Getting to school
Your family can do its part in making Vancouver one of the greenest cities in the world by 2020.
Share your ideas with your school community and challenge other parents to walk, cycle or take public transportation to school.
Walking and Cycling to School
- One Day at School website aims to make Vancouver a cleaner, greener, healthier city - one student, one parent and one teacher at a time. Their teaching tools section provides links to programs and resources for teachers who'd like to bring climate protection into the classroom.
- Check out their Best Route Maps section and learn how walking and cycling with your kids ensures their physical fitness, keeps them mentally sharp and can put them on the road to good long-term health and exercise habits.
Public Transportation
- Go to TransLink to find the best routes by bus or SkyTrain to school.
Traffic and Student Safety
School Safety Patrol Program
Vancouver school staff work with Vancouver Police and City of Vancouver on a range of school traffic safety issues including the School Safety Patrol Program. The Vancouver School Safety Patrol Program is the longest operating student safety patrol program in BC and has been in operation since 1935. It is also the largest school district based patrol program in BC with more than 1,300 students from 37 elementary schools who volunteer each school year to help guard busy intersections near schools.Patrollers are from grades 5 to 7 and are trained by the Vancouver Police traffic section to help students cross safely at intersections near Vancouver schools. Teachers in each school act as patroller sponsors and oversee the teams.
Mayor Gregor Robertson of Vancouver has proclaimed March 1st as School Patrol Day. Click on here to see the related news article. Click the following link to see the Official Proclamation.
