National Ride2School Day 2008

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An amazing 557 schools registered for national Ride2School day. We know that the proportion of students walking and riding to school on 12 March 2008 was 50% because 279 schools sent through their Hands Up! Active Travel data.

 
Registered
Completed Hands Up!
Victoria
469
258
South Australia
52
9
Queensland
8
3
New South Wales
13
3
ACT
3
0
Western Australia
10
5
Tasmania
2
1
TOTAL
557
279
 
 
 
#students enrolled at schools that registered for the day
202,826
 
#students enrolled at schools completed Hands Up)
89,055
 

 

And here's how it compared to last year:

Ride2School Day Analysis
 
2007
2008
Estimated number of active children overall
37,000
57,000
Student enrolment at registered schools
154,300
206,180
Schools that registered for Ride2School Day
366
559
Number of active children at schools providing detailed data
14,999
37,719
Active travel percentage of schools providing detailed data
56.72%
50.10%
Enrolment of schools providing detailed data
26,444
75,280
Schools that provided detailed travel data
89
276

 
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