The City of Whittlesea adopted a multi-level, multi-component approach to increasing incidental physical activity in and around schools by influencing the domains of policy, the built environment, community programs and capacity building. Promoting active travel helps students learn healthy habits, and achieve the 60 minutes of physical activity recommended for children each day. Increasing physical activity is a key priority for City of Whittlesea where only 66.1% of children are meeting their daily physical activity needs*. Encouraging more students to walk and cycle to school has the added benefit of reducing traffic congestion and car parking issues.
*Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, 2007, Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey