THE PROBLEM Over the past 40 years the number of children who are physically active everyday has significantly dropped. In the 1970s, eight out of ten students rode or walked to school but today that number has dropped to just two out of ten. THE SOLUTION Students who ride or walk to school contribute to their minimum physical activity level of 60 minutes per day. They are also more focused and ready to learn compared to those who are driven. Bicycle Network’s free Ride2School program has shared the joy of riding with hundreds of thousands of students for 17 years. Our expert team supports around 3500 Australian schools to break down barriers that prevent students from taking active journeys to school. But the program, beloved by schools across the country, is under threat. Successive funding cuts could see the program, which encourages, empowers and enables children to get physically active on their journey to and from school, come to an end.