{"id":17368,"date":"2023-08-24T12:24:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T11:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/?p=17368"},"modified":"2026-08-14T16:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T15:08:41","slug":"parkandstride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/parkandstride\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Travel: Park and Stride Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- ========================================== -->\n<!-- NEWS ARTICLE: PARK AND STRIDE INITIATIVE   -->\n<!-- ========================================== -->\n<div class=\"aen-news-article-modern\" style=\"font-family: 'Plus Jakarta Sans', sans-serif; width: 100%; max-width: 1200px; margin: 50px auto 30px auto; padding: 0 20px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; position: relative; z-index: 10;\">\n  \n  <div style=\"background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 24px; overflow: hidden; box-shadow: 0 20px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);\">\n    \n    <!-- Header Banner -->\n    <div style=\"background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0f2015 0%, #1a3825 100%); padding: 55px 40px; border-bottom: 4px solid #f59e0b; text-align: center;\">\n      <span style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: rgba(245, 158, 11, 0.2); color: #fbbf24; font-weight: 800; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-size: 11px; padding: 6px 16px; border-radius: 50px; margin-bottom: 15px; border: 1px solid rgba(245, 158, 11, 0.4);\">\n        &#x1f33f; Sustainable Travel \u2022 Green-Schools Initiative\n      <\/span>\n      <h2 style=\"font-size: 36px !important; color: #ffffff !important; font-weight: 800 !important; margin: 0 0 15px 0 !important; letter-spacing: -0.5px !important; line-height: 1.25 !important;\" class=\"modern-article-title\">\n        Sustainable Travel: Park and Stride Scheme\n      <\/h2>\n      <p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #cbd5e1; margin: 0; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.5px;\">\n        24 August 2023\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- Body Section -->\n    <div style=\"padding: 50px;\" class=\"modern-body-pad\">\n      \n      <!-- Text Content -->\n      <div style=\"color: #334155; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 35px;\">\n        \n        <p style=\"margin: 0 0 25px 0;\">\n          Davitt College, in partnership with <strong>Mayo County Council<\/strong>, <strong>An Taisce Green-Schools<\/strong>, and the <strong>National Transport Authority<\/strong>, is proud to support the <strong>Park and Stride<\/strong> initiative.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <h3 style=\"font-size: 22px !important; color: #0f2015 !important; font-weight: 800 !important; margin: 30px 0 15px 0 !important;\">What is Park and Stride?<\/h3>\n        <p style=\"margin: 0 0 25px 0;\">\n          Park and Stride means leaving the car about a 10-minute walk away from the school gate and making the final leg of the journey to school on foot. For parents and guardians, the walk to and from the car provides 15\u201320 minutes of daily physical exercise, while helping to significantly reduce traffic congestion and idling fumes directly outside our school gates.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <h3 style=\"font-size: 22px !important; color: #0f2015 !important; font-weight: 800 !important; margin: 30px 0 15px 0 !important;\">How Does it Work?<\/h3>\n        <p style=\"margin: 0 0 20px 0;\">\n          Castlebar Municipal District supports the scheme by allowing registered parents and guardians to use participating local car parks free of charge (where parking charges normally apply) for a short period during school drop-off and pick-up times.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <ul style=\"margin: 0 0 25px 0; padding-left: 20px;\">\n          <li><strong>Designated Morning Times:<\/strong> 8:00am to 9:30am (1 hour maximum)<\/li>\n          <li><strong>Designated Afternoon Times:<\/strong> 1:00pm to 4:30pm (1 hour maximum)<\/li>\n          <li><strong>Operating Days:<\/strong> Monday to Friday during school term time only.<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n        <h4 style=\"font-size: 18px !important; color: #0f2015 !important; font-weight: 700 !important; margin: 20px 0 10px 0 !important;\">Participating Castlebar Car Parks:<\/h4>\n        <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(200px, 1fr)); gap: 10px; margin-bottom: 25px;\">\n          <div style=\"background: #f1f5f9; padding: 10px; border-radius: 8px;\">Castle Street Car Park<\/div>\n          <div style=\"background: #f1f5f9; padding: 10px; border-radius: 8px;\">Market Square Car Park<\/div>\n          <div style=\"background: #f1f5f9; padding: 10px; border-radius: 8px;\">Pavilion Road Car Park<\/div>\n          <div style=\"background: #f1f5f9; padding: 10px; border-radius: 8px;\">Town Park Car Park<\/div>\n          <div style=\"background: #f1f5f9; padding: 10px; border-radius: 8px;\">Spencer Street Car Park<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <h3 style=\"font-size: 22px !important; color: #0f2015 !important; font-weight: 800 !important; margin: 30px 0 15px 0 !important;\">How to Register &amp; Obtain Your Permit<\/h3>\n        <p style=\"margin: 0 0 25px 0;\">\n          To avail of free parking during these windows, parents must clearly display an official <strong>Park and Stride Permit Sticker<\/strong> inside the front windshield of their vehicle.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <ol style=\"margin: 0 0 25px 0; padding-left: 20px;\">\n          <li>Complete the official registration form attached to this notice.<\/li>\n          <li>Return the completed form to <strong>Mayo County Council<\/strong>:\n            <br><strong>By Post:<\/strong> Castlebar Municipal District, Mayo County Council, \u00c1ras an Chontae, The Mall, Castlebar, Co. 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What is Park and Stride? Park and Stride means leaving the car about a 10-minute walk away from the school gate and making the final leg of the journey to school on foot. For parents and guardians, the walk to and from the car provides 15\u201320 minutes of daily physical exercise, while helping to significantly reduce traffic congestion and idling fumes directly outside our school gates. How Does it Work? Castlebar Municipal District supports the scheme by allowing registered parents and guardians to use participating local car parks free of charge (where parking charges normally apply) for a short period during school drop-off and pick-up times. Designated Morning Times: 8:00am to 9:30am (1 hour maximum) Designated Afternoon Times: 1:00pm to 4:30pm (1 hour maximum) Operating Days: Monday to Friday during school term time only. Participating Castlebar Car Parks: Castle Street Car Park Market Square Car Park Pavilion Road Car Park Town Park Car Park Spencer Street Car Park How to Register &amp; Obtain Your Permit To avail of free parking during these windows, parents must clearly display an official Park and Stride Permit Sticker inside the front windshield of their vehicle. Complete the official registration form attached to this notice. Return the completed form to Mayo County Council: By Post: Castlebar Municipal District, Mayo County Council, \u00c1ras an Chontae, The Mall, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, F23 WF90. By Email: Scan your completed form and email it directly to castlebarao@mayococo.ie. Once processed, annual permit stickers will be issued directly to parents through the school. &#x1f4c4; Download Park and Stride Brochure &times;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_angie_page":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[107,111,96,92,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-core-news-information","category-school-life","category-school-life-culture-achievements","category-school-news","category-wellbeing"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Park-and-Stride-1.png",1295,917,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Park-and-Stride-1.png",1295,917,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Park-and-Stride-1.png",1295,917,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Park-and-Stride-1-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Park-and-Stride-1-300x212.png",300,212,true],"large":["https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Park-and-Stride-1-1024x725.png",1024,725,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Park-and-Stride-1.png",1295,917,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Park-and-Stride-1.png",1295,917,false],"menu-24x24":["https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Park-and-Stride-1-24x17.png",24,17,true],"menu-36x36":["https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Park-and-Stride-1-36x25.png",36,25,true],"menu-48x48":["https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Park-and-Stride-1-48x34.png",48,34,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"William Rowan","author_link":"https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/author\/wrowan\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/category\/core-news-information\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Core News &amp; 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