When school is in session, students, faculty, staff, and visitors all travel to and from school buildings every day. Additionally, teams and supporters travel to competitions, and schools send faculty, staff, and students to conferences and meetings.

Elementary/middle/high schools

• Coordinate a walking school bus or bike train to help students get to school safely with a low carbon footprint. More students walking or biking to school also means less traffic at school drop-off and pick-up times.
• Perform a safe routes to school audit and advocate for changes, such as crosswalks, pedestrian signals, or sidewalks, that will make it safer for students to walk to school.
• Encourage a bike club, advocate for secure bike parking, and conduct a bike-maintenance workshop at a local middle or high school.
• Teach bike and pedestrian safety classes as part of the physical education curriculum. Local bike advocacy groups or your local department of transportation may be able to help with the curriculum and access to bikes for students during class.
• Support bike-to-school day and walk-to-school day events.
• Advocate for electric school buses, especially where the grid is clean.
• Educate parents not to idle vehicles at student pick-up.

Colleges/universities

• Provide incentives to students, faculty, and staff to walk, bike, or use transit to get to school: offer transit passes, bike facilities, and financial incentives. Conversely, charge for parking private motor vehicles.
• Start a bikeshare program on campus.
• Make sure shuttles are electric, especially where the grid is clean.
• Audit the campus for pedestrian safety and convenience. Are building entrances designed for people walking or for people driving? If streets run through campus, do they have slow speed limits, good sightlines, and safe crossings?
• Install pedestrian lighting, emergency call boxes, or other amenities students and staff require to feel safe walking at night.