Active travel to school

These active ways to travel to school:

• reduce traffic congestion
• improve safety at drop-off and pick-up zones
• help the environment
• encourage students to arrive alert and ready to learn
• ensure that students build physical activity into their day.

Active Paths

The Active Paths program improves the experience for students who want to walk or ride to school. Council is working with local schools and Bicycle Network to identify safe and direct routes to local schools.

Participating schools include:

• Bentleigh West Primary School
• Caulfield Primary School
• Murrumbeena Primary School

Keep your eyes peeled for the colourful footpath decals which will help guide students safely on their way to school.

The participating schools are serious about making active travel to and from school safe, easy and fun, and have worked with us and Bicycle Network’s “Ride2School” program to create colourful, active travel maps.

Download the maps:

• Bentleigh West Primary School — Thomas Street path, Centre Road path, Brewer Road Path and Patterson Road path
• Caulfield Primary School — Library path, Princes Park path and Hopetoun Gardens path
• Murrumbeena Primary School — Urban Forest path, Blackwood path, Railway path and Boyd path

School crossing supervisors

We manage the placement of school crossing supervisors throughout Glen Eira.

They play a vital role in keeping children safe on their journey to and from school. School crossing supervisors are stationed at 73 school crossings in Glen Eira, including traffic lights, pedestrian lights and flag crossings.

Glen Eira’s school crossing supervisors help children from 38 primary and secondary schools across the municipality stay safe on their way to school and home again.

Active Schools — Go for Gold

Around 4,000 students took part in the Active Schools — Go for Gold 2025 program, which ran from Monday 3 November to Friday 28 November.

We thank the following participating schools:

Bentleigh West Primary School, Carnegie Primary School, Caulfield Primary School, Coatesville Primary School, Japanese School of Melbourne, Kilvington Grammar, Murrumbeena Primary School, Ripponlea Primary School and St Joseph’s Primary School.

Open Streets

Open Streets program transforms the street outside a school into a safe, car‑free space where students can ride, walk and play. Many Melbourne councils and schools already run this program, and the benefits are clear — more active kids, less reliance on cars, and reduced traffic and emissions.

The program also supports several key directions in Glen Eira’s Council Plan, including safety, health and wellbeing, accessible public spaces and environmental sustainability.

Working with local primary schools and Bicycle Network, we introduced Open Streets in 2024 with great results. At Bentleigh Primary School, 76 per cent of participants were satisfied with the program. At Glen Huntly Primary School, walking and bike‑riding increased by 23 per cent. Being active helps children build physical confidence and supports better concentration in the classroom.

If you’re interested in Open Streets, visit Bicycle Network’s website at bicyclenetwork.com.au

Schools are also welcome to contact us at CityFutures@gleneira.vic.gov.au to discuss taking part in future programs.

Open Streets aims to foster a culture of active commuting and physical exercise for students and their families, and aligns with our vision for a city of child-friendly neighbourhoods.

Active travel helps to reduce car usage, traffic congestion and emissions. It also makes our roads safer.

The program already runs in Brunswick, Malvern East, Footscray and other metropolitan suburbs and, thanks to a collaboration between Bicycle Network and Bentleigh West Primary School, has made its way to Glen Eira.

For those interested in learning more about Open Streets, visit Bicycle Network’s website at bicyclenetwork.com.au