Safe Routes to School
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a national initiative to enable and encourage students to safely walk and bicycle to school with funding from the Federal Highway Administration and Department of Transportation
Focusing on a safer way to get to school…
Improving children’s safety while walking and bicycling is a central mission of Safe Routes to School. And program benefits stretch beyond the school day.
SRTS resources & activities help communities:
- Build sidewalks, bicycle paths & pedestrian-friendly infrastructure
- Reduce speeds in school zones & neighborhoods
- Address distracted driving among drivers of all ages
- Educate generations on pedestrian & bicycle safety
Why?
Walking and bicycling to and from school offers children
and our environment a wide range of benefits including:
- less roadway congestion
- less gasoline consumption
- cleaner air
- healthier and happier children
- more lively and engaged communities
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