{"id":6240,"date":"2025-05-15T15:09:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/academy9\/?p=6240"},"modified":"2025-05-15T15:13:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:13:36","slug":"active-travel-the-benefits-of-walking-wheeling-and-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/academy9\/2025\/05\/15\/active-travel-the-benefits-of-walking-wheeling-and-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Active Travel: The benefits of walking, wheeling and cycling\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As this week is National Walk to School week, the Academy9 team wanted to take the opportunity to highlight some of the benefits of Active Travel to inspire you to get active! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet Rachel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Rachel Schulberg is a Transport Planner working on the A9 Dualling project. As a Transport Planner, Rachel has supported local authorities, assisting a broad range of projects, including travel planning, active travel, public transport feasibility, and behaviour change campaigns across Scotland and Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachel has a wide variety of experience working on active travel infrastructure development projects in rural, suburban and urban settings. This gives her a good understanding of relevant standards, but also of the delivery challenges that many active travel schemes face. Rachel also has a key interest in design safety, particularly women and girl\u2019s safety and safety around schools.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rachel recently worked on a Zebra Crossing Research Project on behalf of Transport Scotland and the Scottish Roads Research Board.\u00a0 The aim of this research is to understand the needs of users who are most at risk, and their attitude to, and experience of zebra crossings. We hope that this research will help identify potential improvements to the design of zebra crossings or their surroundings, primarily around increasing perceptions of safety for most at risk users.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Active Travel?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Active travel involves using your body to make the journey. It includes walking, cycling, skateboarding, and even scootering! Unlike sitting in a car or bus, active travel keeps us moving and helps us stay fit and healthy. It is also an important part of leading a healthier lifestyle and can also help to reduce carbon emissions in transport systems in towns and cities.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall Benefits of Active Travel:<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are all sorts of benefits to active travel such as;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n