EU Tapestry

The main objective of the 3 case studies conducted in TAPESTRY is to develop effective communication programmes which guarantee the success of mobility projects in schools.

In 3 major Austrian cities, we attempt to select schools which are faced with a difficult traffic situation in the schools’ surroundings. Measures will be developed specifically for each school; in this respect it is essential that all the parties involved co-operate on a very personal level.

In the following we would like to present the planed project phases:

* Investigation of the infrastructure in the schools’ surroundings
* Analysis of the teachers’/pupils’ mobility behaviour
* Information meetings for all project participants and development of specific measures in working groups
* Presentation of the measures on the occasion of a school information day (media coverage – local newspapers)
* Implementation and consolidation of the measures
* Evaluation

By integrating the parties involved in all the project phases they will assume a certain degree of responsibility for the measures they themselves helped shaping and thus, both awareness raising and infrastructure measures can be implemented very effectively.

Detailed overview of measures:

* Enforcing walking by establishing walking pools and “school way partnerships” (e.g. older pupils accompanying younger ones)
* Increasing the modal split (share of cyclists) through cycling seminars and training in real traffic situations
* Offering PT-alternatives to teachers/pupils
* Reducing the numbers of cars in the schools’ surroundings through action campaigns and installation of special stops for parents dropping off their children

FGM-AMOR has ample experience with similar projects in Austrian schools, the results of these projects proving the effectiveness of such an approach.