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. Read more
Schools (K-8) may apply for a walkability audit that assesses walking and biking routes to school and provides recommendations for improvement. Read more
Bicycle safety train-the-trainer will be held at six locations around the state this fall. Registration will be online in June. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
Read how one school benefited from a walkability audit to assess its walking and biking routes to school. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
Celebrate Walk or Roll to School Day October 9, 2013.