How can we continue to promote walking and active transportation?
For schools, contact Active & Safe Routes to School (www.saferoutestoschool.ca) for information about school based walking programs along with curriculum linked walking activities. Walking with your children to school is a great way to spend quality time together, get some exercise, and help them arrive at school awake and alert. Write a letter to your Mayor or a city councilor asking them to sign and endorse the International Charter for Walking. (www.walk21.com) Set up a ride board to encourage carpooling to your workplace. Make a commitment and challenge your friends and co-workers to walk, bike, or take public transit to work more frequently. Set up a lunch time walking club or start a weekly Walking Wednesday program.
