Certification system as a tool for improving the safety and sustainability of school-related travels

• Autorzy: Okraszewska Romanika , Mackun Tomasz

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24136/tren.2022.009

Warianty tytułu

PL

System certyfikacji jako narzędzie poprawy bezpieczeństwa i zrównoważonego charakteru podróży szkolnych

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Despite the well-established physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and spatial benefits of active and autonomous school commuting of children and adolescents', many are driven by car. Pilot surveys and field research held in 2019 in 10 Gdansk primary schools confirmed this trend. The article presents a certification system for schools, commissioned by the City of Gdańsk, which is an element of a systemic solution shaping patterns of transport behavior in school trips. The essence of the proposed approach is motivating and supporting schools by government to create conditions conducive to independent and active travel of children and adolescents. An important element of the certification process is the assessment stage in accordance with the set of criteria adopted and grouped into six areas concerning: children transport behavior, infrastructure and traffic organization in and around the school, mobility policy, road safety, promotion, and education. Groups of criteria were divided into basic and extended ones and assigned points in an assessment calculator. A minimum threshold of points has been set in each category to attract schools to take comprehensive action. The assessment calculator has been supplemented by catalogues of good practices describing possible actions that could be taken to meet a given criterion. The full certification process has not yet been completed in Gdańsk due to the coronavirus pandemic and the transition to remote learning. However, the first infrastructural improvements have already been made in the vicinity of schools.

PL

Pomimo dobrze ugruntowanych fizycznych, społecznych, emocjonalnych, poznawczych i przestrzennych korzyści płynących z aktywnego i samodzielnego podróżowania dzieci i młodzieży do szkoły, często są oni dowożenie przez rodziców samochodem. Badania pilotażowe i badania terenowe przeprowadzone w 2019 r. w 10 gdańskich szkołach podstawowych potwierdziły ten trend. W artykule przedstawiono opracowany na zlecenie Miasta Gdańska system certyfikacji dla szkół, stanowiący element systemowego rozwiązania kształtującego schematy zachowań transportowych w podróżach szkolnych. Istotą proponowanego podejścia jest motywowanie do i wspieranie przez samorząd szkół do tworzenia warunków sprzyjających samodzielnemu i aktywnemu podróżowaniu dzieci i młodzieży. Istotnym elementem procesu certyfikacji jest ocena placówek zgodnie z przyjętym zestawem kryteriów, pogrupowanych w sześć obszarów dotyczących: zachowań w transporcie dzieci, infrastruktury i organizacji ruchu w szkole i wokół niej, polityki mobilności, bezpieczeństwa drogowego, promocji i edukacji. Grupy kryteriów podzielono na podstawowe i rozszerzone oraz przypisano im punkty w kalkulatorze oceny. W każdej kategorii ustalono minimalny próg punktów, aby zachęcić szkoły do podjęcia kompleksowych działań. Kalkulator oceny został uzupełniony o katalogi dobrych praktyk opisujących możliwe działania, jakie można podjąć, aby spełnić dane kryterium. Pełny proces certyfikacji nie został jeszcze zakończony w Gdańsku z powodu pandemii koronawirusa i przejścia na zdalne uczenie. Jednak otoczeniu szkół wprowadzono już pierwsze ulepszenia infrastrukturalne.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

active travel; certification; mobility management; school commuting; sustainability

PL

aktywne podróżowanie; certyfikacja; podróże do szkoły; zarządzanie mobilnością; zrównoważony rozwój

• Wydawca: Uniwersytet Technologiczno-Humanistyczny im. Kazimierza Pułaskiego w Radomiu
• Czasopismo: Journal of civil engineering and transport
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 4, No. 3
• Strony: 9--23
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 37 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Okraszewska Romanika

• Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Environmental Engineering, Highway and Transportation Engineering Department, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4980-634X

autor

Mackun Tomasz

• Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Environmental Engineering, Highway and Transportation Engineering Department, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0808-9831

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).