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.

Download the final case study report (September 2003), pdf, 1.58mb).

Contact: Gudrun Uranitsch, FGM-AMOR