On a mission to make it easier for more students to ride, Ride2School's Active Paths initiative has headed north to Darwin.
Last week, the Ride2School team spent a couple of days installing the Active Paths footpath markers around Nightcliff Primary School. The team were also joined by City of Darwin Alderman Simon Niblock who came to check it out and lend a hand.
While in the NT, the Ride2School team took the opportunity to begin the Active Paths process with St Paul's Catholic Primary School.
Active Paths is an initiative of Bicycle Network's Ride2School program and encourages local communities to adopt healthy habits by highlighting safe and accessible riding and walking routes to their schools.
Bicycle Network CEO Craig Richards said that Ride2School’s Active Paths encourage physical activity among students and are also a fun and social way to get to school.
"Our Active Paths are designed to make the journey to school as direct, popular and fun as possible, making it easy for students and parents to incorporate active travel into their daily trips,” said Mr Richards.
“We know that Australia’s youth need to get 60 minutes of exercise per day to stay healthy and Ride2School’s Active Paths is just one tool to help makes it achievable.”
Mr Richards also added that there's a huge amount of support for initiatives that help make it easier for more people to ride across the NT.
"After speaking with members of the community, it's clear that there's a swell of support for __bike riding in the NT."
"There's a push across the community to change their streets from being car-focused to people-focused and we're here to help speed up the process and make it a reality."
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