On Wednesday, October 8 schools across the city and the nation will partner with parents and community leaders to encourage walking to school and remind students and adults alike of the simple joys of walking and bicycling. For many local schools and communities, Walk to School events can lead to Walk to School days or other walking activities all year long. It also builds important support for creating and improving safer walking routes.
Walk to School Day is a yearly national event that happens at thousands of schools and brings together thousands of schools to host students, school administration, community members and elected officials to celebrate a walk to school. Students, parents, school personnel and other community members experience the walk to school as they walk together on the day of the event. The event seeks to generate wider teachings about the importance of physical activity, awareness of the fun of walking, and early identification of safety concerns.
Why Walk to School? Have fun, increase physical activity, improve health, and highlight walking, bicycling and traffic concerns. Walk to School Day is a great way to celebrate walking to school and highlight activities at your campus that can increase physical activity, improve health, and address personal and traffic safety concerns.
To address safety concerns that prevent children from walking to school, the Safe Routes to School initiative aims to increase the number of children who walk or bike to school by providing funding for pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly street engineering, education, encouragement and enforcement programs directed towards students, parents and our communities.
For more information about Walk to School Day LA and events in your community, visit their website at walktoschoolday-la.org.
