Let Your Kids to Cycle to School
I have a very interesting job title, I'd like to share it with you and talk a little about what I do. I am a strategic cycling officer and infrastructure consultant. Quite a mouthful right? Let me tell you what I do.
I go to schools on a Monday (a different school every week) and I leave on a Thursday. On the Monday I hold an assembly with all the kids and teachers and tell them why I'm at school. Basically my job is to make an overall assessment of the school and its surrounding area in terms of its suitability for cycling. I tell the kids that I am here so that more of them can cycle to school. They are on my side.
I spend the next few days cycling around the local roads and making reports about the suitability for cycle paths. I also look at the school itself, where can they put more cycle shelters- do they have enough cycle shelters? I liaise with the head of the school and give them information about funding - there is up to £5,000 available in grants for schools that need cycle shelters
By Wednesday night my report is pretty much finished, I just have to speak to teachers and school administrators and get the necessary paperwork signed off. On Thursday morning I give another assembly to the kids telling them that we are trying to get more cycle paths in the area, I finish my showing a map of the local area with the proposed cycle paths.
By Thursday night I am always at home with my wife, on Friday I just have to submit that week's report and get ready for the following Monday. I really love my job; I like meeting the people that I meet, I always get a positive reaction. Most of all I like making a difference to kids' lives.
Conclusion
We need a lot more cycle paths in local areas. Getting a cycling network from schools to the local area makes a huge difference to society and can help to reduce childhood obesity and traffic drastically.
I go to schools on a Monday (a different school every week) and I leave on a Thursday. On the Monday I hold an assembly with all the kids and teachers and tell them why I'm at school. Basically my job is to make an overall assessment of the school and its surrounding area in terms of its suitability for cycling. I tell the kids that I am here so that more of them can cycle to school. They are on my side.
I spend the next few days cycling around the local roads and making reports about the suitability for cycle paths. I also look at the school itself, where can they put more cycle shelters- do they have enough cycle shelters? I liaise with the head of the school and give them information about funding - there is up to £5,000 available in grants for schools that need cycle shelters
By Wednesday night my report is pretty much finished, I just have to speak to teachers and school administrators and get the necessary paperwork signed off. On Thursday morning I give another assembly to the kids telling them that we are trying to get more cycle paths in the area, I finish my showing a map of the local area with the proposed cycle paths.
By Thursday night I am always at home with my wife, on Friday I just have to submit that week's report and get ready for the following Monday. I really love my job; I like meeting the people that I meet, I always get a positive reaction. Most of all I like making a difference to kids' lives.
Conclusion
We need a lot more cycle paths in local areas. Getting a cycling network from schools to the local area makes a huge difference to society and can help to reduce childhood obesity and traffic drastically.
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