Welcome to Safe Routes to School in Pennsylvania

Safe Routes to School is a federal initiative that helps to enable and encourage students, including those with disabilities, to walk or bicycle to school.

Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs are built on collaborative partnerships among many stakeholders, including educators, parents, students, elected officials, engineers, community planners, business and community leaders, health officials, and bicycle and pedestrian advocates. Since 2005, the federal government has provided funding for all 50 states and the District of Columbia to implement a SRTS program. In Pennsylvania, the Department of Transportation is responsible for encouraging, promoting, and supporting SRTS activities across the state.

This website, administered by the Pennsylvania SRTS Resource Center, serves as a central clearinghouse of information that a community needs to develop, implement, and maintain safe, healthy walking and bicycling routes to schools. It features the latest news, funding information, training opportunities, resources, and materials available on Safe Routes to School in Pennsylvania. The SRTS program is funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration.

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(Deadline to register is August 31)

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Celebrate Walk or Roll to School Day October 9, 2013. Sign up to receive a Walk to School Day kit.
The PA Safe Routes to School Resource Center is now accepting applications for mini-grants (up to $2,000) to fund noninfrastructure activities that enable and encourage children to safely walk and bicycle to school. The grant period will remain open until the grant funding has been awarded or until June 28, 2013, whichever occurs first.
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Schools (K-8) may apply for a walkability audit that assesses walking and biking routes to school and provides recommendations for improvement.
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Bicycle safety train-the-trainer will be held at six locations around the state this fall. Registration will be online in June.
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Read how some schools celebrate Walk or Roll to School Day. Mark your calendar for October 9, 2013, and make plans for your school to participate.
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About $58,500 in Safe Routes to School noninfrastructure grant money will fund 11 schools’ efforts in 2013 to educate and encourage students to walk or bicycle to school.
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Read how one school benefited from a walkability audit to assess its walking and biking routes to school.
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Online bicycle education videos help to teach bicyclists and motorists about bicycle safety and sharing the road. The videos are now on the Department of Education’s Standards Aligned System.
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Lesson plans to provide basic bicycle and pedestrian safety instruction to students are available for teachers to download for free. The lesson plans are now on the Department of Education’s Standards Aligned System.
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