Sign up to Newsletter Sustainable Travel Accreditation and Recognition for Schools STARS final conference - VIDEO available online!Find here the video of the Final Conference!​Read moreSTARS final conference - presentations available!STARS, PTP-Cycle, and MOBI projects organised a conference on 18 February 2016 in Brussels to present results and share knowledge with European cities on embedding cycling culture in schools through accreditation and peer-to-peer methods, delivering personalised travel advice, and promoting sustainable mobility among employees through gamification.Find here all details and presentations about STARS!​​Read moreCycling St. Nicholas’ Day in School No 39 in Krakow11 December 2015The YTAS Young Travel Ambassadors from Lower Secondary School No 39 in Krakow, participating in the STARS project, organised the cycling St. Nicholas’ Day in their school.The event was addressed both to the Lower Secondary School pupils and to their younger friends from primary school.Read moreLearning on the Move – a trip to an apple farm2 November 2015On 1 October 2015 ninth-grade pupils from Ernst-Hansen special educational needs school set off on a 30 km-long bike ride, through the scenic landscape, to attend a trip to apple farm to harvest the fruit.

​Read moreSTARS relay bike ride on “Mobile without Cars Day” in Bielefeld 26 October 2015STARS participated in the Bielefeld ‘Mobile without cars day’ on the 27th of September.On this day of activities, which takes place every two years, a 17.5 km long main traffic stretch between the towns of Bielefeld and Herford was closed off to motorised vehicles.Read moreSTARS comes to Villanueva del Pardillo (Spain)!16 October 2015On the weekend of 26 September 2015 the City Council of Villanueva del Pardillo held a two day event to promote the use of sustainable modes transport to school and to foster a positive attitude towards active travel in students.STARS partners from Madrid were invited to take part in the event and support the STARS programme in Villanueva del Pardillo.Read more9 October 2015In September 2015 BKK (Centre for Budapest Transport) hosted teachers, students and other stakeholders for the accreditation ceremony of the second year of STARS programme.The ceremony was also used to launch the third year of the STARS project.Read moreCycle Friendly School award for Broomhouse primary4 September 2015Throughout this year Broomhouse Primary School have run a wide range of cycling activities which have contributed to the school receiving the Cycle Friendly School award from Cycling Scotland.

Read moreThe second year of STARS in Milan 31 August 2015The second year of the project in Milan ended with some significant results and interactions with other cycling mobility initiatives.The school Pisacane-Poerio  was the first primary school getting the accreditation, and there was a very good participation in the Cycle Challenge, as last year.Read moreSTARS in Budapest: in 2015 primary schools participation has more than doubled28 August 2015Being a developing cycling city, Budapest had great ambition in involving many new schools in the STARS school year 2014/2015.kmart mobelBy November 2014, BKK Centre for Budapest Transport managed to get 12 new primary schools engaged, which means that altogether 17 schools were striving for STARS accreditation this year.​Read moreBike treasure hunt - STARS WARS26 August 2015On 10 June in the park of the Academy of Physical Education in Kraków teams from primary schools No.iconist mobel

1 and 126 came up against each other in a bike treasure hunt.​Read moreSunny rides to High School21 August 2015Davidsons Mains Primary P7’S had a great day cycling to their new high school, Royal High.All four of the Primary schools who will go to Royal High after the summer holidays enjoyed the ‘transition’ ride from their primary school, pedalling through the woods on the way.augsburg mobel second hand​Read moreSTARS secondary schools and BKK Centre for Budapest Transport collaborated intensively in 2014/201514 August 2015Getting secondary school pupils engaged is often very challenging, therefore BKK put special emphasis on the involvement of Youth Travel Ambassadors and their schools in the school year 2014/2015.möbel verschenken siegenParticular attention was paid to face-to-face meetings among STARS Advisors and Youth Travel Ambassadors which resulted in 5 thematic workshops aiming to address the various STARS activities throughout the year.möbel antik bochum

Read moreNorth Brabant: 19 primary schools with STARS-shield10 August 2015Brabant has 24 schools participating in STARS.Of these, 19 received their STARS shield for meeting the STARS criteria for supporting sustainable mobility.möbel hammer krefeldThe Mobility commissioner of the province of North Brabant, Christophe van der Maat, presented the accreditation ceremony on the 8th of July.Read moreA feeling like the Film festival in Cannes!3 August 2015The campaign “Red Carpet” was inaugurated on 16th of June 2015 in the district Heepen (about 47.000 citizens) and declared six parent stations (Kiss and Ride) open.Read more10 bike trains and 7 walking buses ongoing in Madrid30 July 2015In the second year of STARS, 16 out of 22 primary schools have carried out several routes of bike trains and walking buses in Madrid.Identified as one of the best tools to involve pupils and parents in the modal change, most of schools have managed any of the alternatives or, in one case, both of them.Read moreSTARS Cycling Challenge 2015 in Kraków27 July 2015The second edition of the Cycling Challenge in Kraków lasted from 18 May - 12 June.

9 post-primary schools involved in the STARS project participated.More than 200 students and teachers were enrolled in the Challenge.The novelty was that participants not only declared bicycle trips but also on foot.In total, within four weeks students rode and walked to school more than 3,000 km!Read moreBielefeld visitors welcomed by the Edinburgh STARS team24 July 2015On Tuesday 23rd June, Mark Symonds, City of Edinburgh Council Road Safety Officer, and Sam Moody, Sustainable Travel Development Officer, welcomed a group of 29 students and teacher Malika Hauer from the Ratsgymnasium (Bielefeld, Germany).A group of Leith Academy students, along with 3 teachers led by Rajni Punn, joined Mark and the German students on a coastal bike ride from Leith to Cramond.Read moreThe secundary school KA Atheneum (Vilvoorde) joined the cycle challenge21 July 2015From 11 May to 5 June they tried to cycle as much as possible to their school.45 students and teachers took part.All together they cycled 2130 kilometers.Read moreBicycles, for as far as the eye could see17 July 2015Children on bicycles for as far as the eye could see was the spectacular sight in Hackney on Thursday 18 June as the borough’s fifth annual mass bike ride took to the roads, with youngsters from STARS Europe primary and secondary schools out in force.​Bike Around the Borough (BATB), organised by Hackney Council in partnership with the Met Police and sponsored by Volker Highways and Berkeley Homes, saw hundreds of young cyclists from more than a third of the borough’s schools complete a nine-mile circuit of Hackney.

Read moreCity C3 July 2015This year’s City Cycling took place in Bielefeld from 7th June of 2015 to 27th June of 2015.25 schools in Bielefeld entered, including the 13 STARS-schools (7 primary schools and 6 secondary schools).Added together 1304 pupils accomplished to cycle an overall result of 113.476 km in only three weeks.939 pupils of the STARS-schools compete and achieved 60.843 km which conformed a distance of 1.51 times circumnavigation of the equator.By that 8.761 kg of CO2e were conserved.Read more22 June 2015Overjoyed, that’s what they are: STARS school “Prince Willem Alexander” in Sprang-Capelle (Netherlands) won €500 for their road safety measure.Read moreSecond Brussels bicycle picnic13 May 2015The STARS Ambassadors from the Maria Boodschap Lyceum have started a picnic tradition:  because they are eager to share their experiences with other ambassadors, champions or new candidate schools, they organised a presentation and an exchange moment.Last year's Brussels bike ride and picnic worked so well that this year’s exchange was organized in the exact same way.Read moreCycle Challenge starts in Hackney and Milan5 May 2015On 27 April, the STARS Cycle Challenge for secondary school students kicked-off for its second edition.

Hackney and Milan are first to start, with the other cities following over summer, while several important improvements have been made to make the Cycle Challenge even more attractive and exciting to students.Read more4th STARS Newsletter is out!20 April 2015After a successful first year, STARS Europe has started strong in 2015 – as the diversity of reports shows in this newsletter.From Krakow schools continuing their activities even during wintertime to best practice exchanges between Edinburgh and Madrid, STARS cities are working hard to get more kids cycling and walking to school.Read moreEdinburgh Pupils Practice their Cycling Skills!Edinburgh secondary school pupils at the Edinburgh City Bike Schools launch on Friday 6th March.Read moreHackney Youth Travel Ambassadors win a ticket to ride, or walk!17 Februar 2015​Youth Travel Ambassadors (YTAs) from four Hackney schools showcased their STARS active travel project ideas at an adrenaline-fuelled “Campaign Junction” event on Wednesday 28 January at the Arcola Theatre in Dalston.

The YTAs were there to persuade a panel of four judges, all experts in sustainable transport and behaviour change, that their campaigns were worth investments of up to £300.Read moreSTARS at Kelenvölgyi Elementary School, Budapest21 November 2014In this interview, Judit Szűcsné Geszti, the STARS Champion of the Kelenvölgyi Elementary School in Budapest, talks about the experience gained and her experience in the first year of the project.Read moreHackney STARS primary schools on the march!16 October 2014Read moreBrussels Youth Travel Ambassadors take STARS project in their own hands16 October 2014While new STARS schools in Brussels are recruiting pupils to become STARS ambassadors, last year’s pilot schools are continuing their efforts to promote cycling to their students.In the Maria Assumptalyceum, the peer-to-peer programme has achieved its ultimate goal: the students have taken the project into their own hands and are independently planning their own actions.Read moreHackney schools star at local workshop13 October 2014Read moreKrakow schools receive accreditations in award ceremony03 October 2014On 23 September, STARS schools from Krakow received their accreditations in Krakow's Central Wielopolskich Palace.

​Read moreSTARS partners participating in European Mobility Week17 September 2014​STARS Europe partners are all over the place in their respective cities during European Mobility Week.Well placed at the beginning of the new school year, Mobility Week is organized each year between 16 and 22 September.We give you an overview of where you can meet STARS partner organizations, schools, students and advisors!Read moreSTARS Europe in Krakow looks back at the school year 2013/20143 September 2014Read moreBicycle Hares and Hounds in Krakow01 July 2014On 11th June school number 126 from Krakow organized two activities.The first was a trip around a district called Tour de Mistrzejowice.About 30 pupils, assisted by teachers and STARS Advisor, started from school’s playground and rode along the borders of the district.Read more18 June 2014On Thursday 12 June, Hackney roads were taken over by budding young cyclists en route to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (QEOP).Hackney saw it's largest Bike Around the Borough (BATB) yet with 378 Hackney school children taking part.&n....Read more3 June 2014Three schools from Krakow have started the the Cycling Challenge on 19th of May.

Three secondary schools are participating with 9 teams, including 93 pupils and even their teachers.STARS Champions reported that pupils we....Read more28 May 2014Budding young movie directors in Hackney primary schools have been busy producing short films aimed at encouraging young people to keep safe when they’re on the move.Led by Junior Road....Read moreSTARS ambassadors in Brussels conclude first year with bike picnic26 May 2014The first year of STARS has yielded many inspirational bike promotion activities, so the time was right to let the STARS ambassadors show their achievements.On 22 May 2014, they gathe....Read moreBielefeld: Schools are looking forward to starting the Cycle Challenge15 May 2014On 10 June 2014 eight schools from Bielefeld will start participation in the STARS Cycle Challenge.Five secondary schools and three primary schools will compete in the four week competition.The aim is to enco....Read moreSTARS students lead Cyclopride Day parade in Milan12 May 2014On Sunday, May 11th, the yearly Cyclopride Day took place in many Italian towns, including Milan.

The main part of the event was a car-free cycle route, which in Milan was cycled by 10,000 people.The route in Milan started at the i....Read moreMotivation for STARS schools:  'It can always be even safer'12 May 2014Fourteen primary schools in Noord-Brabant (Netherlands) are participating in STARS.Participation in the EU-project STARS offers additional benefits to the traffic education program 'Read more09 May 2014The STARS-ambassadors of the Maria-Boodschaplyceum in the heart of Brussels made a gr....Read moreBrussels competing in the STARS Cycle Challenge30 April 2014On Monday 28th of April the Brussels edition of the STARS Cycle Challenge contest was kicked-off.Three secondary schools in Belgium’s capital are taking part in this four-week contest.During that month the students will s....Read more15 April 2014On March 21, the first day of spring, Primary School No.1 in Krakow organized a bicycle ride under the slogan "Truancy on two wheels" as part of the STARS project.In beautiful spring weather, th....Read moreSTARS schools impress judges at Transport for London (TfL) pitch event8 April 2014STARS Europe and Youth Travel Ambassador (YTA) secondary school students competed for the chance to win £300 from TfL in a cross-borough pitch event ....Read more20 March 2014Students at one of the STARS schools 'Maria Boodschap Lyceum' located in the heart of Brussels are organising a work....Read moreWe hopped on our bikes in Budapest17 March 2014Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK) carried out many improvements in Budapest recently in order to make the city a cleaner and nic....Read moreFive STARS schools start in Bielefeld 07 March 2014How to engage students to drive to school by bike?

After many months of planning and capacity building Bielefeld is now pushing ahead with the first delivery pha....Read moreCYCLOEDUCATION in Krakow05 March 2014 - By Krzysztof Nil RybaWithin the framework of the STARS project, a series of classes under the name of “Cykloedukacja” (Cycloeducation) are administered in schools.The pupils participat....Read moreSTARS schools get creative with cycling campaigns in Hackney05 March 2014Hackney students involved in STARS Europe have been exploring the world of creative media to produce some unique cycling campaigns designed to put cycling in the....Read moreSTARS Ambassadors in Madrid claim for “streets for all”05 March 2014As one of the tasks of STARS programme, students are developing their own campaigns to encourage bike use among their peers.The 2nd Ambassadors Wor....Read moreSTARS starts in Budapest as well!05 March 2014"Children are not likely to come to school on foot or by bicycle because their parents drop them off on their way to work....Read moreHappy Velotines!04 March 2014The Maria Assumptalyceum uses the Feast of Love to promote cycling to school.All around the world, the 14th of February has become a day dominated by love.

Whether you love  it, or hate i....Read moreBVL-school Bukehof: "STARS keeps us keen"04 March 2014Noord-Brabant is amidst an intensive period of enlistment.We are getting in touch with schools to join STARS, proceeding from the traffic education program....Read moreYTAS activities up and running in Milan04 March 2014From the very early start of schools recruitment for STARS Europe in Milan, the secondary schools showed a lot of interest in the Youth Travel Ambassad....Read more​Tynecastle High School venture ‘Forth’ in Edinburgh03 March 2014First year pupils who were taking part in their Junior Award Scheme Scotland were given the chance to cycle to....Read more16 schools join the cycling revolution at Hackney STARS Europe local workshop25 October 2013STARS Europe was put in the limelight at the Hackney Picturehouse on 24 October, as STARS Champions from 16 schools gathered for an inspiring day at the....Read moreLaunching STARS in Madrid23 September 2013After some meetings and presentations in which schools heads and champions were engaged, it was needed a special activity to encourage pupils and to give some vi....Read more 59 ½ Southwark Street London | SE1 0ALAbout UsThe European project STARS (Sustainable Travel Accreditation and Recognition for Schools) gathers nine implementation partners around one common goal: to increase the number of pupils cycling to and from school, who would previously have been escorted by car.