Back-to-school and back-to-work preparations are on the go.

Part of those plans could include how you’re getting there.

Bruce Krentz, Health Promotion Co-ordinator with the Northern Health Region, shares some words of advice here.

“Now is a good time to start practising how you are going to get there so pump up the tires on your bike or start walking that route so that on the first day of school, you aren’t nervous about it and you know where you are going, how you are getting there and how much time it will take. This doesn’t just have to be for school, now is the time to make the change to walk to work too.”

Krentz encourages everyone to use active transportation such as walking and biking as much as possible.

They not only offer health benefits and can reduce stress, they also reduce carbon emissions.