The Victorian TravelSmart Curriculum program is designed to: 1. Raise awareness of the impacts of car use on the environment, the community and the individual; 2. Establish travel behaviour change and strategies to effect and maintain change; 3. Promote the positive benefits of seeking and implementing travel alternatives to the car. The TravelSmart Curriculum program targets students in years 5 and 6 at primary school, but also encourages a whole school approach. TravelSmart Curriculum promotes walking, cycling, public transport and identifies alternative and more efficient ways to use the car. The program involves a number of key components designed to engage all members of the school community: school councils, administrators, teachers, students, parents/carers and other family members. This paper outlines the TravelSmart Curriculum program, the delivery of the program in primary schools in Victoria to date, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of the program in terms of impact on the travel behaviour of children and their families. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E213716.
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