Active Travel Champions, St Andrews brings together and celebrates the power of collective local action for active and sustainable travel solutions across our communities.
What are Active Travel Champions?
Active travel is not only a great way to reduce carbon emissions, it benefits our physical and mental wellbeing too! The Active Travel Champions initiative is all about celebrating the active travellers in our communities and linking people up to projects all about walking, wheeling and cycling.
Do you support a smarter travel project? Or are you considering getting involved in any? If so, in our eyes, you are already an Active Travel Champion!
Active Travel Champions are bound by the desire and drive to help support or deliver active travel initiatives in the local area. The message is clear – for the sake of people and planet lets work on delivering and spreading the word around the most efficient and environmentally friendly ways to get around.
This video showcases university staff, students and local residents, each taking part in their respective sustainable travel and transport projects and initiatives.
Current Active Travel Champion Projects
- Walks with Transition : New buddy walking programme, open to all
- Crail to St Andrews Shared Path : A funded infrastructure project connecting local routes
- WWOAW : Wee Walk once a Week (WWOAW), University Staff Only
- Belles on Bikes : Peer to peer support group for female cyclists
- Bike Pool Everything related to either fixing, hiring out or learning to maintain a bike
- Local Air Quality monitoring & reporting : Compiling data and local trends – Email for information
For frequently asked question, please click over to our Active Travel Champions page on the Transitions website.
This video above was created by Andrew Nall-Cain, Clay Media, and Nicola Moorhouse, University of St Andrews. The project is funded by Smarter Choices, Smarter Places, which is Paths For All’s programme to increase active and sustainable travel throughout Scotland
