For too many kids, going off to school means hopping on a bus or scrambling into the back of a car. The Canadian School Travel Planning project is actively working to change this and help more families get to school using active transportation.
The project, supported by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC), as part of its Coalitions Linking Action and Science for Prevention (CLASP) initiative, and the Public Health Agency of Canada, focuses on increasing the number of children who are physically active and on promoting healthy lifestyles. It is doing this by changing the way elementary school children travel to school.
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