The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) is delivering the School Active Transport Infrastructure Pilot (the pilot) at Caloundra State School and Caloundra State High School, in collaboration with Department of Education and Sunshine Coast Council.

The pilot is developing and testing an approach to rapidly plan safe, fit-for-purpose bike riding and walking infrastructure and initiatives around Queensland schools to encourage more children to ride and walk to school.

The first stage of the pilot is now underway, and involves a planning study to:

• look at staff, parent and student behaviours and attitudes about riding and walking to school
• assess the physical environment within a 2km radius of the boundary of the pilot schools.

The planning study will identify potential infrastructure improvements and behaviour change initiatives to promote riding and walking and help provide families more and safer options for how they travel to and from school.

It will result in an implementation plan, scheduled to be completed in early 2026, outlining how identified infrastructure and initiatives could be rolled out in the future.

This planning study is independent of other infrastructure projects underway in the Caloundra area. Any infrastructure solutions identified through the pilot will integrate with active transport facilities being planned and delivered by other projects. It will also consider and seek to build on the successes and learnings of Caloundra State School’s existing RideScore Active School Program.

TMR has allocated up to $3 million to support the delivery of high priority infrastructure improvements and behaviour change initiatives identified through the planning study, to address key challenges and opportunities for encouraging more children and families to ride and walk to school.

Improves safety

Improves health and wellbeing

Helps build children’s confidence independence

Reduces peak hour traffic congestion and emissions

Improves active transport network connectivity

Local knowledge and experiences will be critical to the success of the pilot and to help identify appropriate infrastructure and initiatives that align with school community’s needs and the surrounding environment.

We invite students, school families and carers, staff and neighbours of Caloundra State School and Caloundra State High School, as well as other interested community members to share your feedback and ideas using the below online surveys and/or interactive map.

Submissions close <DATE>.

We want to hear how you currently travel to school, what might be stopping you from walking and riding to school, and what you think would make it easier, safer or more fun for you to ride/walk/scoot to school.

If you are not directly part of either school community or your feedback does not specifically relate to one school, please select either school survey and only complete it once. Alternatively, you may prefer to use the interactive map to have your say.